Bill Text: CT SB00989 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The Program Review And Investigations Committee Concerning A Plan For Public Institutions Of Higher Education To Reduce The State's Achievement Gap.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-20 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Education [SB00989 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00989-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 989 | ||
January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 3319 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING A PLAN FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO REDUCE THE STATE'S ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2013) The Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut shall require each public institution of higher education to develop and implement a collaborative plan to assist in closing the achievement gap between minority students and the general student population. Not later than January 1, 2014, said boards shall report on such plan, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2013 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To require the public institutions of higher education to assist in closing the achievement gap.
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