Sec. 10a-161b. Student Financial Aid Information Council.
Sec. 10a-161b. Student Financial Aid Information Council. (a) There is established a Student Financial Aid Information Council. The council shall consist of: (1)
The Commissioners of Higher Education, Education and Banking, or their designees,
and the State Treasurer, or his designee; (2) a representative each designated by the
Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority, the Connecticut Student
Loan Foundation and the Connecticut Association of Professional Financial Aid Administrators; (3) four members appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall represent
private occupational schools, one of whom shall be a high school guidance counselor,
one of whom shall be an academic officer at an independent institution of higher education and one of whom shall be a financial aid officer at a public institution of higher
education; and (4) one member appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives
who shall be a finance officer at a public institution of higher education, one member
appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives who shall represent
private occupational schools, one member appointed by the minority leader of the House
of Representatives who shall be a finance officer at an independent institution of higher
education, one member appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate who shall
be a financial aid officer at an independent institution of higher education, one member
appointed by the majority leader of the Senate who shall be a high school guidance
counselor and one member appointed by the minority leader of the Senate who shall be
an academic officer at a public institution of higher education. Appointments shall be
made and the Commissioner of Higher Education notified of such appointments by
October 1, 1994. The Commissioner of Higher Education shall be the chairperson of
the council and he shall convene the first meeting of the council by November 1, 1994.
(b) The council shall (1) develop procedures to improve student financial aid policy
and increase resources, (2) develop methods to improve financial aid awareness, especially among middle and high school students and their families and (3) coordinate
financial aid delivery. The council shall be assisted in their responsibilities by the Department of Higher Education and the Connecticut Association of Professional Financial
Aid Administrators.
(P.A. 94-180, S. 10, 17.)
History: P.A. 94-180 effective July 1, 1994.