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ConnecticutHB 070982025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT CONCERNING TUITION REFUNDS FOR FORMER STONE ACADEMY STUDENTS.
Sponsored By: Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
Signed by Governor
Summary
To refund the tuition paid by a former practical nurse education program student enrolled at Stone Academy during the period commencing November 1, 2021, and ending February 28, 2023, but did not graduate.
higher education and employment advancement
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Stone Academy students get limited payments
Beginning June 23, 2025, Connecticut’s Office of Higher Education pays refunds and stipends to qualifying former Stone Academy practical nursing students. Refunds cover students enrolled between November 1, 2021, and February 28, 2023, who did not graduate. A completed course or unit must have violated applicable education laws or rules and not been accepted for transfer credit. Applicants cannot have already received a tuition refund for that course or unit. They also cannot have participated in a teach-out, which helps students finish their program after a school closes. They cannot have taken a qualifying proctored comprehensive predictor exam on or after June 23, 2025. This exam measures readiness for the practical nurse licensing exam and must be administered by an institution the office identifies. Apply by June 30, 2026; approved refunds cannot exceed tuition paid for the qualifying course or unit. Refund recipients lose access to teach-outs and proctored comprehensive predictor exams. Separately, graduates who graduated during the same period receive stipends if they have taken or passed the practical nurse licensing exam. They must also meet requirements set by the office’s executive director, who sets stipend amounts. All stipends together cannot exceed $150,000; this is not a per-person cap. Both payments come from the private career school student protection account. The state can pursue Stone Academy or its owners for payments, administrative costs, and reasonable, necessary recovery expenses. Money recovered must replenish the account up to the payments and administrative costs, without limiting the state’s other legal remedies.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/11/2025
House Roll Call Vote 60 AS AMENDED
Yes: 146 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/11/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 373
Yes: 36 • No: 0
House vote • 3/11/2025
HED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 18 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
6/23/2025legislatureTransmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
6/16/2025legislatureTransmitted to the Secretary of State
6/16/2025legislaturePublic Act 25-88
6/10/2025legislatureOn Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
6/3/2025legislatureSenate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
6/3/2025SenateSenate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
6/3/2025SenateFile Number 823
5/5/2025legislatureSenate Calendar Number 434
5/5/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
5/5/2025SenateHouse Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
5/1/2025HouseHouse Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 7632
5/1/2025HouseFile Number 249
3/25/2025legislatureHouse Calendar Number 177
3/25/2025HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
3/25/2025HouseReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/25/2025legislatureReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/25 5:00 PM
3/18/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/11/2025legislatureJoint Favorable
3/11/2025legislaturePublic Hearing 03/04
2/28/2025legislatureReferred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
2/27/2025legislature
Bill Text
Public Act No. 25-88
6/10/2025
File No. 823
5/5/2025
File No. 249
3/25/2025
HED Joint Favorable
3/11/2025
Raised Bill
2/27/2025
Bill Analysis For File Copy 249
Bill Analysis For File Copy 823
Bill Analysis for HB-7098, as amended by House "A"
Fiscal Note For File Copy 249
Fiscal Note For File Copy 823
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 7632 (Potential Savings)
Fiscal Note for HB-7098, As Amended by House "A" (LCO 7632)
HED Joint Fav. Rpt
HED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
House Roll Call Vote 60 AS AMENDED
House Schedule A LCO# 7632 (J)
Senate Roll Call Vote 373
Summary for Public Act No. 25-88
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