Bill Text: CT SB00160 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Eliminating The Vice-presidents Of The Board Of Regents For Higher Education And Requiring A President Of A State University And Of A Regional Community-technical College To Serve As Members Of Said Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement [SB00160 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00160-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 160
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 1240
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist. REP. LEGEYT, 17th Dist.

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND REQUIRING A PRESIDENT OF A STATE UNIVERSITY AND OF A REGIONAL COMMUNITY-TECHNICAL COLLEGE TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF SAID BOARD.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 185 of the general statutes be amended to eliminate the vice-presidents of the Board of Regents for Higher Education and require a president of a state university and of a regional community-technical college to serve, for a term of two years, as members of the Board of Regents for Higher Education.

Statement of Purpose:

To place presidents of institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction of the Connecticut State University System and the regional community-technical college system on the Board of Regents for Higher Education.