Sec. 10a-164a. Connecticut aid to public college students grant program.
Sec. 10a-164a. Connecticut aid to public college students grant program. (a)
The Board of Governors of Higher Education shall annually request an appropriation
to the Department of Higher Education equal to the amount required, for the fiscal year
two years prior, for tuition waivers, tuition remissions, grants for educational expenses
and student employment under subsection (e) of section 10a-77, subsection (e) of section
10a-99 and subsection (f) of section 10a-105. The department shall allocate any such
appropriation to The University of Connecticut, each of the Connecticut state universities and each of the regional community-technical colleges in accordance with a formula
approved by the Board of Governors of Higher Education. The formula shall take into
account the amount of federal student aid received by students at each institution. The
amounts allocated shall be used to provide grants for educational expenses and student
employment for residents of the state who demonstrate substantial financial need and
are enrolled as full-time or part-time matriculated students in a degree-granting program
or a precollege remedial program. For each fiscal year a minimum of ten per cent of the
total amount of state student financial aid appropriated to each institution which exceeds
the amount received by each institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, shall
be used for student financial aid for needy minority students in accordance with the
board's strategic plan for racial and ethnic diversity under section 10a-11. For each
fiscal year a minimum of five per cent of the total amount of state student financial aid
appropriated to each institution which exceeds the amount received by each institution
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1988, shall be used for on-campus or off-campus
community service work-study placements. Individual awards shall not exceed a student's calculated financial need as determined on the basis of a needs analysis system
approved by the United States Department of Education. Financial aid provided to Connecticut residents under this program shall be designated as a grant from the Connecticut
aid to public college students grant program.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section to the contrary,
for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1989, and June 30, 1990, no institution shall have
its allocation pursuant to this section reduced for the subsequent fiscal year solely because the institution did not use, for on-campus or off-campus community service work-study placements, a minimum of five per cent of the total amount of state student financial aid appropriated to the institution which exceeds the amount received by the institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1988.
(c) The Board of Governors of Higher Education shall request an appropriation to
the Department of Higher Education for each year of the biennium equal to the amount
set aside by Charter Oak State College for fee waivers in the fiscal year two years prior
to the fiscal year in which such appropriation will apply. Such amount shall not exceed
fifteen per cent of the tuition and fees paid in the previous fiscal year. The Department
of Higher Education shall allocate any such appropriation to Charter Oak State College
to be used to provide grants for educational expenses to residents of the state who demonstrate substantial financial need and who are matriculated in a degree program at Charter
Oak State College. Individual awards shall not exceed a student's calculated financial
need as determined by a needs analysis system approved by the United States Department of Education.
(P.A. 87-450, S. 1, 17; P.A. 88-252, S. 3, 6; P.A. 89-260, S. 35, 41; P.A. 90-147, S. 13, 20; P.A. 91-208, S. 9, 11; P.A.
92-126, S. 28, 48; P.A. 94-180, S. 5, 17; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 8; P.A. 08-55, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 88-252 provided that for each fiscal year a minimum of 5% of the total amount of state student financial
aid appropriated to each institution which exceeds the amount received by each institution for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1988, be used for on-campus or off-campus community service work-study placements; P.A. 89-260 substituted
"regional community college" for "community college" and "regional technical colleges" for "state technical colleges";
P.A. 90-147 in Subsec. (a) added an alternative method for the determination of financial need for purposes of student
employment and provided that certain students employed in on-campus and off-campus community service work-study
placements may earn not more than $4,000 in any year for which they receive awards, added Subsec. (b) re allocation
reduction for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1989, and June 30, 1990, and made technical changes; P.A. 91-208 in Subsec.
(a) substituted 5% for 3% and $5,000 for $4,000 as limits on awards by institutions and on earnings by students; P.A. 92-126 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to community colleges and technical colleges with reference to community-technical colleges and made a technical change; P.A. 94-180 authorized grants for students enrolled in Charter Oak State
College and deleted detailed exceptions to provision using awards on financial need as determined by a needs analysis
system approved by U.S. Department of Education, effective July 1, 1994; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 deleted language re
grant authorization for students enrolled in Charter Oak State College in Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (c) re appropriation for grants for Charter Oak State College students, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 08-55 amended Subsec. (c) to
provide that amount of set-aside for fee waivers be calculated for fee waivers two years prior to fiscal year in which
appropriation applies, effective July 1, 2008.