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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 225 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 461 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 225 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT PROMOTING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION | |
| 19 | 19 | FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE GUARDIANSHIP OF GRANDPARENTS | |
| 20 | 20 | OR OTHER RELATIVES. | |
| 21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 22 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 24 | 24 | That titles 10a and 17a of the general statutes be amended to expand 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | higher education opportunities for children under the guardianship of 2 | |
| 26 | 26 | grandparents or other relatives by requiring (1) the Commissioner of 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | Children and Families to extend financial support offered to foster 4 | |
| 28 | 28 | children for higher education to children under the guardianship of 5 | |
| 29 | 29 | grandparents or other relatives, (2) the Board of Regents for Higher 6 | |
| 30 | 30 | Education, in consultation with the commissioner, to expand access to 7 | |
| 31 | 31 | the debt-free community college program to such children, and (3) the 8 | |
| 32 | 32 | commissioner and board to expand access to resources for such 9 | |
| 33 | 33 | grandparents and other relatives to support the educational aspirations 10 | |
| 34 | 34 | of children in their care. 11 | |
| 35 | 35 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 36 | 36 | To promote education equity by expanding higher education support | |
| 37 | 37 | for children under the guardianship of grandparents or other relatives. |