Sec. 10a-105. (Formerly Sec. 10-119a). Tuition, fees and refunds. Operating funds. Special External Gift Fund. Endowment fund. Waivers. Reimbursement to The University of Connecticut Operating Fund. C
Sec. 10a-105. (Formerly Sec. 10-119a). Tuition, fees and refunds. Operating
funds. Special External Gift Fund. Endowment fund. Waivers. Reimbursement to
The University of Connecticut Operating Fund. Course reenrollment for student
members of the armed forces called to active duty. (a) Subject to the provisions of
sections 10a-8 and 10a-26, the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall
fix fees for tuition and shall fix fees for such other purposes as the board deems necessary
at The University of Connecticut, and may make refunds of the same.
(b) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall establish and
administer a fund to be known as The University of Connecticut Operating Fund, and
in addition, may establish a Special External Gift Fund, and an endowment fund, as
defined in section 10a-109c, and such other funds as may be established pursuant to
subdivision (13) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d. Appropriations from general
revenues of the state and, upon request by the university and with an annual review and
approval by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the amount of the
appropriations for fringe benefits and workers' compensation applicable to the university pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-73, shall be transferred from the Comptroller,
and all tuition revenue received by the university in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section, income from student fees or related charges, the proceeds
of auxiliary activities and business enterprises, gifts and donations, federal funds and
grants for purposes other than research and all receipts derived from the conduct by The
University of Connecticut of its education extension program and its summer school
session, except funds received by The University of Connecticut Health Center, shall be
deposited in said operating fund. If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management
disapproves such transfer, he may require the amount of the appropriation for operating
expenses to be used for personal services and fringe benefits to be excluded from said
fund. The State Treasurer shall review and approve the transfer prior to such request by
the university. All costs of waiving or remitting tuition pursuant to subsection (e) of
this section, except the cost of waiving or remitting tuition for students enrolled in the
schools of medicine or dental medicine, shall be charged to said fund. Repairs, alterations
or additions to facilities supported by said fund costing one million dollars or more shall
require the approval of the General Assembly, or when the General Assembly is not in
session, of the Finance Advisory Committee. Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in said fund, except such sums as may be required for deposit into a
debt service fund or the General Fund for further payment by the Treasurer of debt
service on general obligation bonds of the state issued for purposes of The University
of Connecticut.
(c) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall establish and
administer a fund to be known as The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating
Fund. Appropriations from general revenues of the state except the amount of the appropriation for operating expenses to be used for personal services and the appropriations
for fringe benefits pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-73, all tuition revenue received
by the health center in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section,
income from student fees or related charges, proceeds from auxiliary and business enterprises, gifts and donations, federal funds and grants for purposes other than research
and other income relative to these activities shall be deposited in said fund. All costs of
waiving or remitting tuition pursuant to subsection (f) of this section for students enrolled
in the schools of medicine or dental medicine shall be charged to said fund. Repairs,
alterations or additions to facilities supported by said fund costing one million dollars
or more shall require the approval of the General Assembly, or when the General Assembly is not in session, of the Finance Advisory Committee. Any balance of receipts above
expenditures shall remain in said fund, except such sums as may be required for deposit
into a debt service fund or the General Fund for further payment by the Treasurer of debt
service on general obligation bonds of the state issued for purposes of The University of
Connecticut Health Center.
(d) Commencing December 1, 1981, and thereafter within sixty days of the close
of each quarter, the board of trustees shall submit to the joint standing committee of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the
budgets of state agencies and the Office of Policy and Management, through the Board
of Governors of Higher Education, a report on the actual expenditures of The University
of Connecticut Operating Fund and The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating Fund containing such relevant information as the Board of Governors of Higher
Education may require.
(e) Said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition fees at The University
of Connecticut (1) for any dependent child of a person whom the armed forces of the
United States has declared to be missing in action or to have been a prisoner of war
while serving in such armed forces after January 1, 1960, which child has been accepted
for admission to The University of Connecticut and is a resident of Connecticut at the
time such child is accepted for admission to said institution, (2) for any veteran having
served in time of war, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, or who served in
either a combat or combat support role in the invasion of Grenada, October 25, 1983,
to December 15, 1983, the invasion of Panama, December 20, 1989, to January 31,
1990, or the peace-keeping mission in Lebanon, September 29, 1982, to March 30, 1984,
who has been accepted for admission to said institution and is domiciled in this state at
the time such veteran is accepted for admission to said institution, (3) for any resident
of Connecticut sixty-two years of age or older who has been accepted for admission to
said institution, provided (A) such person is enrolled in a degree-granting program, or
(B) at the end of the regular registration period, there are enrolled in the course a sufficient
number of students other than those persons eligible for waivers pursuant to this subdivision to offer the course in which such person intends to enroll and there is space available
in such course after accommodating all such students, (4) for any active member of the
Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who (A) has been certified by the Adjutant
General or such Adjutant General's designee as a member in good standing of the guard,
and (B) is enrolled or accepted for admission to said institution on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting program, (5) for any dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, or supernumerary or
auxiliary police officer, (B) firefighter, as defined in section 7-323j, or member of a
volunteer fire company, (C) municipal employee, or (D) state employee, as defined in
section 5-154, killed in the line of duty, (6) for any resident of the state who is the
dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist victim who was a resident
of the state, (7) for any dependent child of a resident of the state who was killed in a
multivehicle crash at or near the intersection of Routes 44 and 10 and Nod Road in Avon
on July 29, 2005, and (8) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or
surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action while performing active military
duty with the armed forces of the United States on or after September 11, 2001, and
who was a resident of this state. If any person who receives a tuition waiver in accordance
with the provisions of this subsection also receives educational reimbursement from an
employer, such waiver shall be reduced by the amount of such educational reimbursement. Veterans described in subdivision (2) of this subsection and members of the National Guard described in subdivision (4) of this subsection shall be given the same status
as students not receiving tuition waivers in registering for courses at The University of
Connecticut. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10a-30, as used in this subsection, "domiciled in this state" includes domicile for less than one year.
(f) Said board shall set aside from its anticipated tuition revenue, an amount not
less than that required by the board of governors' tuition policy established under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 10a-6. Such funds shall be used to provide tuition
waivers, tuition remissions, grants for educational expenses and student employment
for any undergraduate, graduate or professional student who is enrolled as a full or part-time matriculated student in a degree-granting program, or enrolled in a precollege
remedial program, and who demonstrates substantial financial need. Said board may
also set aside from its anticipated tuition revenue an additional amount equal to one per
cent of said tuition revenue for financial assistance for students who would not otherwise
be eligible for financial assistance but who do have a financial need as determined by
the university in accordance with this subsection. In determining such financial need,
the university shall exclude the value of equity in the principal residence of the student's
parents or legal guardians, or in the student's principal residence if the student is not
considered to be a dependent of his parents or legal guardians and shall assess the earnings of a dependent student at the rate of thirty per cent.
(g) The University of Connecticut Operating Fund shall be reimbursed for the
amount by which tuition waivers granted under subsection (e) of this section exceed
two and one-half per cent of tuition revenue through an annual state appropriation. The
board of trustees shall request such an appropriation and said appropriation shall be
based upon an estimate of tuition revenue loss using tuition rates in effect for the fiscal
year in which such appropriation will apply.
(h) Said board shall grant remission or waiver of tuition for graduate assistants at
the university. Assistantship payments to graduate assistants shall not be considered
salaries and wages under the provisions of section 3-119, and shall be paid according
to a schedule prescribed by the university and approved by the State Comptroller.
(i) Said board of trustees shall allow any student who is a member of the armed
forces called to active duty during any semester to enroll in any course for which such
student had remitted tuition but which was not completed due to active duty status. Such
course reenrollment shall be offered to any qualifying student for a period not exceeding
four years after the date of release from active duty without additional tuition, student
fee or related charge, except if such student has been fully reimbursed for the tuition,
fees and charges for the course that was not completed.
(1969, P.A. 530, S. 5; June, 1971, P.A. 5, S. 122; P.A. 73-542, S. 4; P.A. 74-266, S. 4, 5; 74-282, S. 4; P.A. 75-484, S.
4, 5; P.A. 76-181, S. 4, 5; P.A. 77-528, S. 1, 3; 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-175, S. 4, 5; 78-331, S. 48, 49, 58; P.A. 81-252,
S. 4, 5; 81-468, S. 2, 11; P.A. 82-91, S. 36, 38; 82-218, S. 37, 46; 82-314, S. 24, 63; 82-463, S. 4, 6, 7; P.A. 83-457, S. 4,
6; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-365, S. 7, 12; 84-438, S. 4, 5; P.A. 85-553, S. 4, 5; P.A. 86-325, S. 4, 5; P.A. 87-450, S. 10, 11,
17; P.A. 89-380, S. 5-7; P.A. 90-147, S. 10-12, 20; P.A. 91-174, S. 12, 16; 91-208, S. 8, 11; 91-256, S. 29, 69; 91-303,
S. 9, 22; 91-407, S. 28, 42; June Sp. Sess. 91-7, S. 19, 22; P.A. 92-154, S. 11, 23; P.A. 93-293, S. 9, 11; P.A. 95-230, S.
28, 45; P.A. 96-237, S. 2, 3; 96-244, S. 61, 63; P.A. 97-247, S. 1, 21, 27; P.A. 00-204, S. 12, 13; P.A. 01-173, S. 36, 67;
P.A. 02-126, S. 4; P.A. 03-19, S. 24; 03-33, S. 3; 03-278, S. 128; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 201; P.A. 04-27, S. 3;
June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 18; P.A. 06-141, S. 1; P.A. 08-57, S. 3; 08-71, S. 3.)
History: 1971 act made provisions subject to Sec. 10-329b and set minimum tuition fees for residents at $350 and for
nonresidents at $850; P.A. 73-542 added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re waiver of fees for children of persons missing-in-action
and former prisoners of war and for Vietnam era veterans; P.A. 74-266 deleted Subsec. (c) and incorporated its provisions
in Subsec. (b) as Subdiv. (2); P.A. 74-282 allowed waiver of fees for persons 62 or older, incorporated as Subsec. (b)(3);
P.A. 75-484 added new Subsec. (c) re waiver of fees for students demonstrating substantial financial need; P.A. 76-181
substantially changed fee scale in Subsec. (a) by creating separate fee rates for schools of law, medicine and dental medicine
and increasing regular program fees for residents to $540 minimum and for nonresidents to $1,230 minimum, established
levels of fees which are to be appropriated to the university and the law, medicine and dentistry schools for educational
purposes and changed percentage of students who may have fees waived in Subsec. (c) from 1% to 10%; P.A. 77-528
added Subsec. (d) waiving tuition for graduate assistants; P.A. 77-573 substituted board of higher education for commission
for higher education; P.A. 78-175 substituted "veteran having served in time of war" for "Vietnam era veteran" in Subsec.
(b); P.A. 78-331 specified board of trustees in Subsecs. (b) and (c) to avoid confusion with board of higher education; P.A.
81-252 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize waiver of tuition for eligible members of the Connecticut army or air national
guard, and to provide for reduction in waiver if eligible person receives educational reimbursement from employer; P.A.
81-468 established tuition funds for The University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut Health Center; P.A.
82-91 amended Subsec. (a) to require board of trustees, for fiscal year 82-83, to increase nonresident tuition fees, except
for medical and dental students, in order to collect $1,837,680 and amended Subsec. (b) to provide that additional tuition
revenue deposited in tuition fund attributable to nonresident tuition fee increases pursuant to Subsec. (a) may be expended
in addition to amounts recommended by governor pursuant to Sec. 4-72; P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system,
replacing board of higher education with board of governors, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 82-314 changed name of
appropriations committee; P.A. 82-463 clarified Subsecs. (a) and (b), adding language re implementation of tuition schedule
in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (f) to specify certain types of students whose tuition may be waived where previously
fees could be waived for any person accepted for admission and having financial need and to include part-time students
in calculation of total amount waived; Sec. 10-119a transferred to Sec. 10a-105 in 1983; P.A. 83-457 amended Subsec.
(f) to repeal provision that tuition waived or remitted shall not exceed 10% of tuition revenue payable by number of full-time or part-time resident and nonresident students matriculated in degree-granting programs and enrolled in precollege
remedial programs at The University of Connecticut for the current academic year, and substituted provision that tuition
waived or remitted shall not exceed 10% of tuition revenue due during the preceding year, including revenue lost due to
tuition waivers and remissions, adjusted for tuition changes; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors'
title; P.A. 84-365 amended Subsec. (b) deleting provision re expenditure of $1,837,680 in addition to the amount recommended for expenditure by the governor pursuant to Sec. 4-72 and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to provide that the board
of trustees may increase the expenditure authority up to 2%; P.A. 84-438 amended Subsec. (e) authorizing tuition waivers
for veterans of Grenada and Lebanon; P.A. 85-553 inserted new Subsec. (f) which required board to set aside from its
anticipated tuition fund revenue an amount not less than that required by the board of governors' tuition policy to provide
funds for tuition waivers and remissions, grants for educational expenses and student employment, replacing prior provisions re waiver or remittance of tuition; P.A. 86-325 in Subsec. (b) increased 2% of the expenditure level to 102%, inserted
new Subsec. (g) to provide for reimbursement of the tuition fund for waivers, relettering former Subsec. (g) as (h); P.A.
87-450 in Subsecs. (b) and (c) provided that the expenditure authority may be increased by the amount the fund income
exceeds the authority rather than by the amount the income exceeds the authority up to 2% and eliminated the transfer of
fund income for student financial aid; P.A. 89-380 in Subsec. (b) substituted "fund balance or projected fund balance,
including reserves and interest earnings from investments" for "fund income, including interest earnings from investments"
as the amount which must exceed the expenditure authority for The University of Connecticut tuition fund in order for the
authority to be increased by the board of trustees and provided that if the authority is increased it be increased by the
amount that the fund balance rather than the fund income exceeds the expenditure authority and in Subsec. (c) substituted
"fund balance or projected fund balance, including reserves and interest earnings from investments" for "fund income,
including interest earnings from investments" as the amount which must exceed the expenditure authority for The University
of Connecticut Health Center tuition fund in order for the authority to be increased by the board of trustees and provided
that if the authority is increased it be increased by the amount that the fund balance rather than the fund income exceeds
the expenditure authority; P.A. 90-147 in Subsec. (b) expanded the authority of the board of trustees to increase expenditures
from The University of Connecticut tuition fund beyond the governor's recommended expenditure authority, in Subsec.
(c) expanded the authority of the board of trustees to increase expenditures from the health center tuition fund beyond the
governor's recommended expenditure authority and in Subsec. (e) required that a person 62 years of age or older be a
resident of the state to be eligible for a tuition waiver; P.A. 91-174 in Subsec. (a) deleted a requirement for approval by
the board of governors of higher education; P.A. 91-208 in Subsec. (f) added provision concerning the set aside of 1% of
tuition revenue for financial assistance and specifying how financial need is to be determined; P.A. 91-256 removed
provisions for tuition funds and established operating funds at the university and at the health center, in Subsec. (a) deleted
requirement for fees to be approved by the board of governors of higher education and made technical changes; P.A. 91-303 in Subsec. (e)(1) removed requirement of residency at the time of entering the armed forces and substituted requirement
that the child be a resident of the state at the time of acceptance to the institution, in Subsec. (e)(2) added dates of the
actions in Grenada and Lebanon, added reference to Panama and removed requirement that the veteran be a resident at
the time he entered the armed forces or be a resident while serving and in Subsec. (e)(3) added requirement that a sufficient
number of students other than those eligible for a waiver be enrolled to offer the course; P.A. 91-407 amended Subsecs.
(b) and (c) to add exceptions re appropriation for personal services and further amended Subsec. (c) to delete provision
requiring that proceeds of auxiliary and business enterprises, gifts and donations be maintained in accordance with federal
tax code; June Sp. Sess. 91-7 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to provide for the deposit of federal funds and grants for
purposes other than research in the funds and deleted language in Subsec. (c) specifying that proceeds of auxiliary and
business enterprises, gifts and donations be maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions of the federal tax
code; P.A. 92-154 amended Subsec. (a) to remove language specifying the amount of tuition and added Subsec. (h)
concerning health insurance coverage for graduate assistants; P.A. 93-293 added Subsec. (e)(5) re dependent child of a
police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (b) to permit
establishment of Special External Gift Fund and Endowment Fund and made technical changes, effective June 7, 1995;
P.A. 96-237 amended Subsec. (b) to expand appropriations to be deposited in operating fund to include operating expenses
to be used for personal services, to require, upon request by the university and with annual review by the Secretary of the
Office of Policy and Management, appropriations for fringe benefits and workers' compensation to be transferred from
the Comptroller to the fund, to authorize the secretary to require appropriations for operating expenses to be used for
personal services and fringe benefits to be excluded from the fund and to provide that the Treasurer shall review and
approve the transfer prior to such request by the university, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-244 amended Subsec. (d) to
provide that veterans and members of the National Guard have the same status as students not receiving tuition waivers
in registering for courses, effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 97-247 amended Subsec. (e) to make a technical change and amended
Subsec. (h) to prohibit the consideration of graduate assistantship payments as salaries and wages under Sec. 3-119 and
to require payments to be made according to a schedule prescribed by the university and approved by the State Comptroller,
effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-204 amended Subsec. (e) to designate existing provisions of Subdiv. (5) as Subparas. (A)
and (B) and to add Subparas. (C) and (D) re municipal employee and state employee, respectively, and to make technical
changes, effective June 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 amended Subsec. (e)(5) to add a dependent child of a supernumerary or
auxiliary police officer or of a member of a volunteer fire company, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 02-126 added Subsec.
(e)(6) requiring tuition waiver for any state resident who is the dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist
victim who was a state resident, effective June 7, 2002; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes in Subsec. (e), effective May
12, 2003; P.A. 03-33 added Subsec. (i) re course reenrollment for students who are members of the armed forces called
to active duty during any semester; P.A. 03-278 changed effective date of P.A. 03-33, S. 3 from October 1, 2003, to May
12, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (h) by deleting provisions re health insurance coverage for graduate
assistants, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-27 made a technical change in Subsec. (i), effective April 28, 2004; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (e)(2) by replacing language re residency with language re domicile, amended Subsec.
(e)(4) by replacing language re residency in Subpara. (A) with language re the Adjutant General in existing Subpara. (B)
and redesignating existing Subpara. (C) as new Subpara. (B) and amended Subsec. (e)(6) by adding language describing
"domiciled in this state", effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-141 added Subsec. (e)(7) re dependents of victims of multivehicle
crash in Avon, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 08-57 amended Subsec. (e)(4)(B) by waiving tuition fees for active members
of the Connecticut National Guard for graduate programs, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 08-71 amended Subsec. (e) by
adding Subdiv. (8) re tuition waiver applicable to resident of state who is dependent child or surviving spouse of armed
forces member killed in action on or after September 11, 2001, effective July 1, 2008.
See Sec. 4-73a re determination of actual rate for fringe benefits for funds of the constituent units of the state system
of higher education.
See Sec. 10a-104b for definition of "specified terrorist victim".