General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5128

 

February Session, 2014

 

LCO No. 903

   

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.

 

AN ACT REPLACING TUITION AND FEES AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITH PAY FORWARD, PAY BACK FINANCING.

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

That title 10a of the general statutes be amended to replace tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education with financing pursuant to which a student agrees to pay the institution of higher education a certain percentage of such student's annual adjusted income for a specified number of years after graduating from such institution of higher education.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow greater access to higher education.