| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of 2 | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 5530 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7131 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 5530 | |
| 8 | + | ||
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND | |
| 11 | + | EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT | |
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | ||
| 14 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 15 | + | (HED) | |
| 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 20 | ||
| 12 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS IN | |
| 13 | 22 | PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS. | |
| 14 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 15 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
| 16 | 25 | ||
| 17 | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) | |
| 18 | - | ||
| 26 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) Not later than January 1, 2026, 1 | |
| 27 | + | and annually thereafter, the Office of Workforce Strategy shall (1) 2 | |
| 19 | 28 | identify several public or private sources of financial aid that are 3 | |
| 20 | - | available to | |
| 29 | + | available to a student in each paramedic certificate program approved 4 | |
| 21 | 30 | by the Office of Emergency Medical Services, (2) post a list of such 5 | |
| 22 | 31 | financial aid sources on its Internet web site, and (3) distribute such list 6 | |
| 23 | 32 | to each such paramedic certificate program. 7 | |
| 24 | - | (b) The Office of Workforce Strategy shall develop and implement a 8 | |
| 25 | - | financial aid program for students enrolled in a paramedic certificate 9 | |
| 26 | - | program approved by the Office of Emergency Medical Services. Not 10 | |
| 27 | - | later than January 1, 2026, the office shall submit, in accordance with the 11 | |
| 28 | - | provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 12 | |
| 29 | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 13 | |
| 30 | - | relating to higher education and employment advancement a report on 14 | |
| 31 | - | such financial aid program, including, but not limited to, the amount of 15 | |
| 32 | - | aid each student may receive pursuant to such program and any 16 | |
| 33 | - | legislative recommendations for the implementation of such program. 17 Substitute Bill No. 7131 | |
| 34 | - | ||
| 35 | - | ||
| 36 | - | LCO 2 of 2 | |
| 37 | - | ||
| 38 | 33 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 39 | 34 | sections: | |
| 40 | 35 | ||
| 41 | 36 | Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section | |
| 42 | 37 | ||
| 43 | - | HED Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 38 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 39 | + | To require the Office of Workforce Strategy to identify and publicize | |
| 40 | + | sources of financial aid for students in paramedic certificate programs. | |
| 41 | + | Raised Bill No. 7131 | |
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | LCO No. 5530 2 of 2 | |
| 46 | + | ||
| 47 | + | ||
| 48 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 49 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 50 | + | underlined.] | |
| 44 | 51 |