Sec. 10a-39. (Formerly Sec. 10-331e). Calculation of annual appropriation.
Sec. 10a-39. (Formerly Sec. 10-331e). Calculation of annual appropriation. In
administering sections 10a-36 to 10a-42a, inclusive, the Board of Governors of Higher
Education shall annually request an appropriation for this program to be derived by: (1)
Calculating the actual General Fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at
The University of Connecticut and in the Connecticut State University System, by taking
the actual General Fund expenditures at The University of Connecticut and for the Connecticut State University System for the fiscal year two years prior to the grant year, as
reported for higher education in the annual report on the state budget prepared by the
Office of Fiscal Analysis, and dividing by the number of full-time equivalent students
enrolled at The University of Connecticut and in the Connecticut State University System during said year as determined by the Board of Governors of Higher Education;
(2) calculating the number of full-time equivalent undergraduate Connecticut students
enrolled at Connecticut independent colleges and universities during the fall semester
of said fiscal year; and (3) multiplying the number of full-time equivalent undergraduate
Connecticut students at Connecticut independent colleges by (A) twelve and three-tenths
per cent of the actual General Fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at The
University of Connecticut and in the Connecticut State University System, as calculated
in subdivision (1) of this section for appropriations made for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1988, (B) seventeen per cent of the actual General Fund expenditures per full-time
equivalent student at The University of Connecticut and for the Connecticut State University System, as calculated in subdivision (1) of this section for appropriations made
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, and (C) twenty-five per cent of the actual General
Fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at The University of Connecticut and
in the Connecticut State University System, as calculated in subdivision (1) of this
section for appropriations made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and for each
fiscal year thereafter.
(1969, P.A. 627, S. 6; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 21; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 83-197, S. 4, 9; P.A.
84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-365, S. 8, 12; P.A. 85-477, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-450, S. 4, 17; P.A. 91-256, S. 49, 69; P.A. 01-89, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1972 act replaced "10-331e" with "10-331h" and required estimation rather than establishment of number of
undergraduates for whom places to be sought in independent colleges; P.A. 77-573 replaced commission for higher education with board of higher education; P.A. 82-218 replaced board of higher education with board of governors pursuant to
reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-331e transferred to Sec. 10a-39 in 1983; P.A.
83-197 deleted provisions of former section concerning duties of board re general administration of program and substituted
provisions detailing method of calculating annual appropriation to be requested by the board for the program; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 84-365 deleted reference in calculation to subtraction
of the Connecticut State University general fund tuition revenue for the fiscal year two years prior to the grant year, effective
July 1, 1985; P.A. 85-477 applied provisions to appropriations made for FY 1985-86 and thereafter and changed formula
by requiring multiplication of number of full-time equivalent undergraduate students at independent college by 8.5% rather
than 7.5% of general fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at University of Connecticut or Connecticut State
University; P.A. 87-450 changed formula by requiring multiplication of number of full-time equivalent undergraduate
students at independent colleges by 12.3% rather than 8.5% of general fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student
at The University of Connecticut and the Connecticut State University as calculated for appropriations made for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1988, rather than June 30, 1986, and by 17% of such expenditures as calculated for appropriations
made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, and for each fiscal year thereafter; P.A. 91-256 made technical changes;
P.A. 01-89 divided Subdiv. (2) into Subparas. (A) and (B) and added Subpara. (C) re calculations for appropriations made
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2001.