Bill Text: CT SB01139 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Changes To Program Approval For Institutions Of Higher Education And Data Shared By Independent Institutions Of Higher Education.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-06 - Signed by the Governor [SB01139 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB01139-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 1139 | ||
January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 4708 | ||
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT |
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AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO PROGRAM APPROVAL FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 10a-34 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
(b) The Office of Higher Education shall establish regulations concerning the requirements for licensure and accreditation, such regulations to concern administration, finance, faculty, curricula, library, student admission and graduation, plant and equipment, records, catalogs, program announcements and any other criteria pertinent thereto, as well as the periods for which licensure and accreditation may be granted, and the costs and procedures of evaluations as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section. Said office may establish an advisory council for accreditation composed of representatives of public and private institutions of higher learning and the public at large to advise the office regarding existing or proposed regulations. New and revised academic programs proposed by a nonprofit independent institution of higher education first authorized pursuant to this section prior to July 1, 1992, shall not be subject to approval by the State Board of Education.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2013 |
10a-34(b) |
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate the requirement that nonprofit independent institutions of higher education authorized to operate in this state for more than twenty years obtain approval from the State Board of Education to implement new and revised academic programs.
[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.]