Bill Text: CT SB00286 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Exempting Institutions Of Higher Education That Offer Free Courses To Inmates From State Contracting Requirements.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-06 - House Calendar Number 522 [SB00286 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00286-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2012 |
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AN ACT EXEMPTING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT OFFER FREE COURSES TO INMATES FROM STATE CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) An institution of higher education that enters into an agreement with the Department of Correction for an employee or agent of such institution to teach one or more for-credit courses to inmates of a correctional facility at no charge to said department or to the participating inmates shall not be considered a state contractor for the purposes of such agreement.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2012 |
New section |
GAE |
Joint Favorable Subst. |
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HED |
Joint Favorable |
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JUD |
Joint Favorable |