Title 10a — Title 10a: State System of Higher Education

Sec. 10a-89f. Policy re use of financial aid to purchase textbooks. The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System shall develop a policy that (1) provides for the disbursement of financial aid to students who have met all federal, state and institutional requir…

Sec. 10a-89g. Voluntary plan for awarding credit hours to beginning teachers. Submission of plan. (a) The Chancellor of the Connecticut State University System shall, after consultation with the Department of Education, the Department of Higher Education, the appropriate bargaini…

Sec. 10a-8a. Academic Library Accountability Committee. Section 10a-8a is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 92-120, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-48, S. 304.)

Sec. 10a-8b. Higher Education State Matching Grant Fund. There is established a Higher Education State Matching Grant Fund to be administered by the Office of Higher Education. Moneys required to be appropriated by the state for purposes of the state match of endowment fund eligi…

Sec. 10a-8c. Matching grant: Restrictions on appropriations. Exception. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10a-77a, 10a-99a, 10a-109c, 10a-109i and 10a-143a, no funds shall be appropriated to the Office of Higher E…

Sec. 10a-8d. Board of Regents for Higher Education: Report re allocation of funds. Not later than January 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing c…

Sec. 10a-8e. Board of Regents for Higher Education: Disposition of surplus property. (a) As used in this section, “surplus property” means any land, improvement to land or interest in land that is (1) in the custody and control of an institution of higher education within the Con…

Secs. 10a-9 and 10a-9a. Development of planning, budgeting and management information system. Task force to develop higher education management information and student information system. Sections 10a-9 and 10a-9a are repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 82-218, S. 28, 46; P.A…

Sec. 10a-90. (Formerly Sec. 10-109c). Lease of land to private developers for dormitory construction and deed, transfer or lease of land to the State of Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority for dormitories or student housing. The Board of Trustees for the Conne…

Sec. 10a-91. Lease of land to private developers for rental housing and commercial establishments. Taxation. (a) The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System, with the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the State Properti…

Sec. 10a-91a. Short title: The Board of Regents for Higher Education Infrastructure Act. Sections 10a-91a to 10a-91h, inclusive, are known and may be cited as “The Board of Regents for Higher Education Infrastructure Act”. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 101; P.A. 14-98, S. 50.) Hi…

Sec. 10a-91b. Legislative finding of purpose of The Board of Regents for Higher Education Infrastructure Act. The purpose of The Board of Regents for Higher Education Infrastructure Act is to enhance the intellectual capacity of the state by providing the infrastructure needed to…

Sec. 10a-91c. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 10a-91d to 10a-91h, inclusive, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Board of regents” means the Board of Regents for Higher Education. (2) “Cost”, as applied t…

Sec. 10a-91d. CSCU 2020 infrastructure improvement program. (a) It is hereby determined and found to be in the best interest of this state and the system to establish CSCU 2020 as the efficient and cost-effective course to achieve the objective of renewing, modernizing, enhancing…

Sec. 10a-91e. Terms of financing for the CSCU 2020 program. (a) The State Bond Commission shall approve the CSCU 2020 program and authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate one billion sixty-nine million five hundred thousand …

Sec. 10a-91f. Report on status and progress of CSCU 2020. (a) Not later than January 1, 2015, and semiannually thereafter, the system shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the status and progress of CSCU 2020…

Sec. 10a-91g. CSCU 2020 performance review report. On January 1, 2014, and January 1, 2019, the system shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, submit to the Governor and to the General Assembly, a five-year CSCU 2020 performance review report detailing for each…

Sec. 10a-91h. Audit of projects. Submission of results to Governor and General Assembly. The board of regents shall select and appoint independent auditors, as defined in subdivision (7) of section 4-230, to annually conduct an audit of any project of CSCU 2020. Such audit shall …

Sec. 10a-92. (Formerly Sec. 10-109d). Campus traffic and parking regulations. The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System shall appoint a committee at each campus to establish traffic and parking regulations for passenger vehicles on such campus. Such traffic…

Sec. 10a-93. (Formerly Sec. 10-110). Expenditure of funds. Teachers. Practice schools. Section 10a-93 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1413; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; 1959, P.A. 411, S. 7; February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 32; P.A. 82-218, S. 39, 46; P.A. 84-546, S. 30, 173; P.A. 88…

Sec. 10a-94. (Formerly Sec. 10-113). Summer sessions. The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System shall maintain, as a part of its extension programs, summer sessions at such place or places as may be practicable and may fix the tuition fees to be charged. (1…

Secs. 10a-95 and 10a-96. (Formerly Secs. 10-114 and 10-115). Connecticut State University Auxiliary Services Fund. Connecticut State University Educational Extension Fund. Sections 10a-95 and 10a-96 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1417, 1418; 1951, S. 935d, 936d; 1957, P.A. 302, S. …

Sec. 10a-97. (Formerly Sec. 10-115a). Nicholas Copernicus Center. Interchange between colleges and universities. A resource center, to be known as the Nicholas Copernicus Center, is hereby established at Central Connecticut State University, for the primary purpose of teaching an…

Sec. 10a-98. (Formerly Sec. 10-115b). Research foundation. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 10a-98a to 10a-98g, inclusive, “board” means the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System; “foundation” means the research foundation established in ac…

Sec. 10a-98a. (Formerly Sec. 10-115c). Establishment and management of foundation. The board is authorized to establish and manage the foundation as provided herein. The foundation may, subject to direction, regulation and authorization or ratification by the board: (1) Receive, …

Sec. 10a-98b. (Formerly Sec. 10-115d). Ownership of inventions. The Connecticut State University System shall be entitled to own, or to participate in the ownership of, and to place in the custody of the foundation to the extent of such ownership, any invention, on the following …

Sec. 10a-98c. (Formerly Sec. 10-115e). Employees to share in proceeds. Each employee who conceives any invention and discharges his obligations to the Connecticut State University System as hereinbefore provided shall be entitled to share in any net proceeds that may be derived f…

Sec. 10a-98d. (Formerly Sec. 10-115f). Disagreements; procedure. Disagreements as to the allocation of any invention to one of said categories, or as to the obligations of any employee or due performance thereof, or as to participation of any employee in net proceeds, or as to ri…

Sec. 10a-98e. (Formerly Sec. 10-115g). Regulations for arbitration. The board is authorized to establish and regulate, equitably in the public interest, such measures as the board deems necessary for the purposes of such arbitration, and to make contracts for compulsory arbitrati…

Sec. 10a-98f. (Formerly Sec. 10-115h). Enforcement of regulations. The board is authorized to make and enforce regulations to govern the operations of the Connecticut State University System and the foundation in accordance with the provisions of sections 10a-98 to 10a-98g, inclu…

Sec. 10a-98g. (Formerly Sec. 10-115i). Rights as to products of authorship. The provisions of sections 10a-98 to 10a-98g, inclusive, shall not entitle the Connecticut State University System or the foundation to claim any literary, artistic, musical or other product of authorship…

Sec. 10a-99. (Formerly Sec. 10-116). Connecticut State University System: Tuition, fees and refunds. Operating fund. Operating accounts. Waivers. Reimbursement of fund. Course reenrollment for student members of the armed forces called to active duty. Graduation fees. (a) Subject…

Sec. 10a-99a. Endowment Fund for the Connecticut State University System. (a)(1) The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System shall establish a permanent Endowment Fund for the Connecticut State University System to encourage donations from the private sector,…

Sec. 10a-9b. Use of CORE-CT system by constituent units. (a) The constituent units of the state system of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1, shall use best efforts to work with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Department of Administrative Serv…

Sec. 10a-9c. Funding for fringe benefit costs for constituent unit employees. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the fringe benefit costs for all employees of the constituent units of t…

Sec. 10a-161. (Formerly Sec. 10-116l). Duties of Office of Higher Education re student financial assistance. The Office of Higher Education shall: (1) Establish state-wide policy pertaining to student financial assistance; (2) establish procedure by regulation, for the award of f…

Sec. 10a-161a. Report on trends in attendance cost and student financial aid. The chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and the Office of Higher Education shall report, biennially, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing c…

Sec. 10a-161b. Student Financial Aid Information Council. Section 10a-161b is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 94-180, S. 10, 17; P.A. 11-48, S. 285; P.A. 13-240, S. 12; 13-299, S. 95.)

Sec. 10a-161c. Report on institutional financial aid to undergraduate students. Not later than November 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, The University of Connecticut and the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of sectio…

Sec. 10a-161d. Institutional aid for eligible students and veterans without legal immigration status. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible student without legal immigration status” means any person who (A) is entitled to classification as an in-state student for tuition pur…

Sec. 10a-162. (Formerly Sec. 10-116m). State scholarship program. Eligibility for awards after July 1, 1982; termination of program. Section 10a-162 is repealed. (P.A. 77-530, S. 3, 11; 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-331, S. 28, 58; P.A. 81-157, S. 3, 14; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A.…

Sec. 10a-162a. State scholarship program for nursing education and program for the forgiveness of loans provided by the state for nursing education. Section 10a-162a is repealed, effective July 1, 2024. (P.A. 88-207, S. 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 1…

Secs. 10a-163 (Formerly Sec. 10-116n), 10a-163a and 10a-163b. Teacher incentive loan program for training in areas of teacher shortages; eligibility requirements; loan repayment and forgiveness provisions. Teacher incentive loan program and academic scholarship loan program funds…

Sec. 10a-164. (Formerly Sec. 10-116o). State supplemental grant program. Section 10a-164 is repealed. (P.A. 77-530, S. 5, 11; 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 81-157, S. 6, 14; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-450, S. 15, 17.)

Sec. 10a-164a. Connecticut aid to public college students grant program. Section 10a-164a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 87-450, S. 1, 17; P.A. 88-252, S. 3, 6; P.A. 89-260, S. 35, 41; P.A. 90-147, S. 13, 20; P.A. 91-208, S. 9, 11; P.A. 92-126, S. 28, 48; P.A. 94-180,…

Sec. 10a-164b. Grant program for delivery of mental health services to students on campus at public and independent institutions of higher education. Section 10a-164b is repealed, effective July 1, 2024. (P.A. 22-47, S. 15; P.A. 24-81, S. 87.)

Sec. 10a-165. (Formerly Sec. 10-116p). Work-study programs. Section 10a-165 is repealed. (P.A. 77-530, S. 6, 11; P.A. 81-157, S. 7, 14; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-450, S. 15, 17.)

Sec. 10a-166. (Formerly Sec. 10-116q). Education grant to child of deceased or disabled veteran or missing in action member of armed forces. (a) Any child between the ages of sixteen and twenty-three, inclusive, of any person who served in the armed forces in time of war, as defi…

Sec. 10a-167. (Formerly Sec. 10-116r). Scholarships for Vietnam era veterans. Section 10a-167 is repealed, effective July 1, 2024. (P.A. 77-530, S. 8, 11; P.A. 81-157, S. 9, 14; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 24-81, S. 87.)

Sec. 10a-168. (Formerly Sec. 10-116s). Scholarship aid for teachers of children requiring special education. If the Office of Higher Education determines that no approved program of teacher education within the state is available for the preparation of teachers of children requir…