Bill Text: CT HB05381 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The Legislative Program Review And Investigations Committee Concerning The Publication Of Tuition And Fee Schedule Increases And The Development Of A System To Track Graduates' Success By The University Of Connecticut.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-08 - Tabled for the Calendar, House [HB05381 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05381-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Raised Bill No. 5381

February Session, 2014

 

LCO No. 1486

 

*01486_______PRI*

Referred to Committee on PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS

 

Introduced by:

 

(PRI)

 

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF TUITION AND FEE SCHEDULE INCREASES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM TO TRACK GRADUATES' SUCCESS BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2014) The University of Connecticut shall regularly publish any scheduled increases or range of targeted increases in tuition and fees, including room and board, on its financial aid web site.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2014) The University of Connecticut, in collaboration with the Board of Regents for Higher Education, the Department of Education and the Labor Department, shall develop and implement the P20 WIN system to enable the university to report on the success of its graduates, by major, with regard to employment and earnings. For purposes of this section, "P20 WIN system" means a system that securely and privately links data, none of which may contain personally identifiable information, across the agencies and departments that serve individuals as they progress from early childhood through educational programs and into the workforce for purposes of providing education and workforce leaders with the information they need to understand patterns over time and make critical decisions necessary to improve outcomes for individuals and the state.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

July 1, 2014

New section

Sec. 2

July 1, 2014

New section

Statement of Purpose:

To implement the recommendations of the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee regarding publicizing tuition and fee schedule increases and developing a system to track graduates' success by The University of Connecticut.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

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