Connecticut 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee 12 D cosponsors

SB 273 — AN ACT CONCERNING DEBT-FREE COLLEGE.

Last action — FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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General Assembly Committee Bill No.
General Assembly Substitute Bill No.
273 January Session, 2019 LCO No.
273 January Session, 2019 AN ACT CONCERNING DEBT-FREE COLLEGE.
4540 Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT Introduced by:
(HED) AN ACT CONCERNING DEBT-FREE COLLEGE.
LCO No.
"Financial aid" does not include any federal, state or private student loans received by a qualifying student;
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(4) "Qualifying student" means any person who (A) graduated from a public or nonpublic high school in the state not more than two years LCO \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00273-R01 of 4 SB.docx Substitute Bill No.
273 "Financial aid" does not include any federal, state or private student loans received by a qualifying student;
273 prior to enrolling at a regional community-technical college, (B) enrolls as a full-time student for the fall semester of 2020, or any semester thereafter, for the first time at a regional community-technical college and continues to be enrolled as a full-time student at a regional community-technical college, (C) is classified as an in-state student pursuant to section 10a-29 of the general statutes, (D) is making satisfactory academic progress while enrolled at a regional community-technical college and maintains a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 each academic year, (E) has completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, (F) has an expected family contribution for educational costs, as computed from the student's Free Application for Federal Student Aid, of seven thousand five hundred dollars or less, and (G) has accepted all available financial aid;
(4) "Qualifying student" means any person who (A) graduated from a public or nonpublic high school in the state not more than two years prior to enrolling at a regional community-technical college, (B) enrolls as a full-time student for the fall semester of 2019, or any semester thereafter, for the first time at a regional community-technical college and continues to be enrolled as a full-time student at a regional community-technical college, (C) is classified as an in-state student pursuant to section 10a-29 of the general statutes, (D) is making satisfactory academic progress while enrolled at a regional community-technical college and maintains a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 each academic year, (E) has completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, (F) is a member of a household whose federal adjusted gross income is one hundred fifty thousand dollars or less, and (G) has accepted all available financial aid;
(b) On or before the start of the fall semester of 2019, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall establish a debt-free community college program to annually make awards to qualifying students for eligible institutional costs.
(b) Before the start of the fall semester of 2020, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall establish a debt-free community college program to annually make awards to qualifying students for eligible institutional costs.
An award shall be available to a qualifying student for the first sixty credit hours, with the exception of remedial credit hours, earned by the qualifying student during the first twenty- four months that such student is enrolled at a regional community- technical college, provided the qualifying student meets and continues to meet the requirements of this section.
An award shall be available to a qualifying student for the first sixty credit hours, with the exception of remedial credit hours, earned by the qualifying student during the first twenty-four months that such student is enrolled at a regional community-technical college, provided the qualifying student meets and continues to meet the requirements of this section.
(c) On or before the start of the fall semester of 2019, and each semester thereafter, each regional community-technical college shall conduct a financial and academic audit to determine the number of LCO No.
(c) Before the start of the fall semester of 2020, and each semester thereafter, each regional community-technical college shall conduct a financial and academic audit to determine the number of qualifying students enrolled at the regional community-technical college during each semester, the total number of credit hours each qualifying student has earned while enrolled at the regional community-technical college and the amount of the award to be made to each qualifying student under this section.
4540 2 of 4 Committee Bill No.273 qualifying students enrolled at the regional community-technical college during each semester, the total number of credit hours each qualifying student has earned while enrolled at the regional community-technical college and the amount of the award to be made to each qualifying student under this section.
A regional community-technical college shall not LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00273-2 of 4 R03-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
A regional community- technical college shall not use an award to supplant any state or institutional aid otherwise available to a qualifying student.
273 use an award to supplant any state or institutional aid otherwise available to a qualifying student.
If the sum of all awards made to qualifying students exceeds the amount of the annual appropriation for the debt- free community college program in any year, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall give priority in its allocations to the payment of eligible institutional costs over minimum awards and in accordance with criteria developed by the board.
If the sum of all awards made to qualifying students exceeds the amount of the annual appropriation for the debt-free community college program in any year, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall give priority in its allocations to the payment of eligible institutional costs over minimum awards and in accordance with criteria developed by the board.
(d) Not later than January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and employment advancement and appropriations regarding the debt-free community college program.
(d) Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and employment advancement and appropriations regarding the debt-free community college program.
On or before January 1, 2020, LCO No.
On or before January 1, 2020, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall implement a program to host events for high school seniors and their families in each region of the state throughout the month of January in each year.
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During such events the board shall provide assistance to the high school seniors and their families in completing the Free Application for Federal LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00273 of 4 R03-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
273 the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall implement a program to host events for high school seniors and their families in each region of the state throughout the month of January in each year.
273 Student Aid with the goal of increasing the number of such applications made by state residents each year.
During such events the board shall provide assistance to the high school seniors and their families in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid with the goal of increasing the number of such applications made by state residents each year.
2 July 1, 2019 New section Statement of Purpose:
2 July 1, 2019 New section HED Joint Favorable Subst.
To enable in-state recent high school graduates enrolled in regional community-technical colleges to graduate without student loans and to implement a program to encourage residents to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
APP Joint Favorable LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00273- 4 of 4 R03-SB.docx }
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.] Co-Sponsors:
SEN.
LOONEY, 11th Dist.;
SEN.
MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.
SEN.
CASSANO, 4th Dist.;
SEN.
LESSER, 9th Dist.
SEN.
WINFIELD, 10th Dist.;
SEN.
COHEN, 12th Dist.
SEN.
ABRAMS, 13th Dist.;
SEN.
OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN.
MOORE, 22nd Dist.;
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SEN.
BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.
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KUSHNER, 24th Dist.;
SEN.
DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN.
HASKELL, 26th Dist.;
SEN.
LEONE, 27th Dist.
SEN.
FLEXER, 29th Dist.;
SEN.
NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
REP.
ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.;
REP.
MICHEL, 146th Dist.
REP.
HADDAD, 54th Dist.
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Action History

  1. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  2. NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations

  3. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  4. FILED WITH LCO

  5. Joint Favorable

  6. REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations

  7. FILE NO. 257

  8. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 146

  9. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  10. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  11. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19

  12. FILED WITH LCO

  13. Joint Favorable Substitute

  14. PUBLIC HEARING 0228

  15. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement

  16. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  17. Vote to Draft

  18. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement

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Not signed on (161)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 273?
SB 273 is sponsored by Marilyn Moore, Mushinsky, Mary M., Leone, Carlo, Michel, David, Bradley, Dennis A., Cassano, Steve, Haddad, Gregory, Elliott, Josh, Simms, Travis, Dillon, Patricia A., Doucette, Jason, Douglas McCrory (Democratic), Christine Cohen (Democratic), Mae Flexer (Democratic), Gary A. Winfield (Democratic), Martin M. Looney (Democratic), Saud Anwar (Democratic), Winkler, Michael A., Daugherty Abrams, Mary, Haskell, Will, Rick Lopes (Democratic), Julie Kushner (Democratic), Norman Needleman (Democratic), Catherine A. Osten (Democratic), Matthew L. Lesser (Democratic), and Bob Duff (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 273?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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