Bill Text: CT SB00176 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Higher Education Performance Incentive Task Force.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-22 - Public Hearing 02/28 [SB00176 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00176-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 176
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 932
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HIGHER EDUCATION PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE TASK FORCE.

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

That the general statutes be amended to establish a task force to develop a performance funding formula pursuant to which not less than seven per cent of all state funding for public higher education is set aside to reward constituent units that achieve or make progress on certain performance enhancement criteria, including, but not limited to, a demonstrated improvement in (1) total degree attainment, (2) time spent in degree attainment, (3) minority and low income student degree attainment, (4) student retention rates, (5) progression from developmental to college level courses, (6) degrees in STEM and other high priority fields, and (7) administrative efficiency.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a higher education performance incentive program.