(a) There shall be a Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges to consist, except as otherwise provided in this section, of twenty-four persons, twenty-two to be appointed by the Governor, who shall reflect the state's geographic, racial and ethnic diversity, one of whom shall be a regional community college or regional community-technical college alumnus and one of whom shall be a regional technical college or regional community-technical college alumnus and two to be elected by the students enrolled at the institutions under the jurisdiction of said board. Except as otherwise provided, members appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of six years each from July first in the year of their appointment. On or before August 15, 1989, the Governor shall appoint one member who shall be a regional technical or community-technical college alumnus for a term which shall expire on June 30, 1995, to replace the regional community college alumnus whose term expires June 30, 1989, and eight members who shall have expertise and experience in business, labor, industry or the technical occupations, three for terms which shall expire on June 30, 1991, three for terms which shall expire on June 30, 1993, and two for terms which shall expire June 30, 1995. Thereafter the Governor shall appoint members of said board to succeed those appointees whose terms expire, except that (1) with respect to the members of such board of trustees who were members of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Community Colleges prior to July 1, 1989, the Governor shall appoint two members to replace the four members whose terms expire on June 30, 1991, and shall appoint four members, one of whom shall be a regional community or community-technical college alumnus, to replace the five members whose terms expire on June 30, 1993, and (2) with respect to the members of the board appointed on or after July 1, 1989, and on or before August 15, 1989, the Governor shall appoint one member to replace the three members whose terms expire on June 30, 1991, and shall appoint two members to replace the three members whose terms expire on June 30, 1993. On and after July 1, 1993, the board shall at all times include at least six members who have expertise and experience in business, labor or industry. On and after July 1, 1999, the board shall at all times include at least one member from each county in which a community-technical college is located.
(b) On or before November 1, 1975, the students enrolled at the institutions under the jurisdiction of said board shall, in such manner as said board shall determine, elect two members of said board, each of whom shall be enrolled for at least six credits at an institution under the jurisdiction of said board at the time of his election. One such member shall be elected for a term of one year from November 1, 1975, and one for a term of two years from said date. On or before November first, and annually thereafter, such students shall, in such manner as the board shall determine, elect one member of said board, who shall be so enrolled at any such institution at the time of his election and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election, except that the term of the regional community college student whose term expires on October 31, 1989, shall expire on July 1, 1989, and the student member of the Board of Trustees of the State Technical Colleges prior to July 1, 1989, whose term was to expire on October 31, 1989, shall, on July 1, 1989, be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges until October 31, 1989. The regional community college student whose term expires on October 31, 1990, shall continue as a member of said board until said date. On and after July 1, 1989, the student members of said board shall be elected as follows: (1) (A) On or before November 1, 1989, and until July 1, 1993, students enrolled at the regional technical colleges shall, in such manner as the board shall determine, elect one member of said board, who shall be enrolled for at least six credits at a regional technical college at the time of his election and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election, and (B) on or before November 1, 1990, students enrolled at the regional community colleges shall, in such manner as the board of trustees shall determine, elect one member of said board who shall be enrolled for at least six credits at a regional community college at the time of his election and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election. (2) On and after July 1, 1993, the student members of the board shall be elected as follows: (A) On or before November 1, 1993, and biennially thereafter, students enrolled in the institutions under the jurisdiction of the board shall, in such manner as the board shall determine, elect one member of the board, who shall be enrolled for at least six credits in a technical program at such an institution and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election, and (B) on or before November 1, 1994, and biennially thereafter, students enrolled in the institutions under the jurisdiction of the board shall, in such manner as the board shall determine, elect one member of the board, who shall be enrolled for at least six credits in a nontechnical program at such an institution and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election.
(c) The Governor shall, pursuant to section 4-9a, appoint the chairperson of the board. The board shall, biennially, elect from its members such other officers as it deems necessary. The Governor shall fill any vacancies in the appointed membership of said board by appointment for the balance of the unexpired term. Any vacancies in the elected membership of said board shall be filled by special election for the balance of the unexpired term. The members of said board shall receive no compensation for their services as such but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses in the course of their duties.
(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 21; P.A. 75-262, S. 1; 75-504, S. 1, 5; P.A. 82-218, S. 7, 46; P.A. 83-222, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-260, S. 13, 41; P.A. 92-126, S. 1, 48; P.A. 93-201, S. 23, 24; P.A. 95-259, S. 23, 32.)
History: P.A. 75-262 increased membership of board from twelve to fourteen in order to accommodate student members authorized by provisions of the act, deleted obsolete provisions for first appointments applicable when board was established and clarified procedure for filling vacancies by distinguishing between members appointed by governor and elected student members; P.A. 75-504 increased membership to sixteen, two to be community college alumni appointed by the governor, and included provisions regarding their appointment and terms; P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, amending section to require that board members reflect state's geographic, racial and ethnic diversity, to replace prior appointment provisions and to require governor to appoint chairman where previously board elected its own chairman, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-38b transferred to Sec. 10a-71 in 1983; P.A. 83-222 made part-time students eligible for election as members of the board; P.A. 89-260 added Subsec. designations, in Subsec. (a) substituted "there shall be" for "there shall continue to be" and "board of trustees of community-technical colleges" for "board of trustees of regional community colleges," increased the membership of the board from sixteen to twenty-four with the number of members decreasing in 1991 and 1993, shortened the term of the regional community college alumnus which was to expire on June 30, 1991, and provided that certain members have expertise and experience in business, labor, industry or the technical occupations, in Subsec. (b) shortened the term of the regional community college student which was to expire on October 31, 1989, made one of the student members of the board of trustees of the state technical colleges a member of the board and amended procedures for the election of student members to the board and made technical changes; P.A. 92-126 amended Subsec. (a) to include community-technical college alumni and to remove obsolete language; P.A. 93-201 amended Subsec. (b) to make Subdiv. (1) and (2) Subparas. (A) and (B) of Subdiv. (1) and to add Subdiv. (2) on the election of student members on and after July 1, 1993, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-259 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision requiring that on and after July 1, 1999, the board include at least one member from each county in which a community-technical college is located, effective July 6, 1995.

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(a) Subject to state-wide policy and guidelines established by the Board of Governors of Higher Education, said board of trustees shall administer the regional community-technical colleges and plan for the expansion and development of the institutions within its jurisdiction and submit such plans to the Board of Governors of Higher Education for review and recommendations. The Commissioner of Public Works on request of the board of trustees shall, in accordance with section 4b-30, negotiate and execute leases on such physical facilities as the board of trustees may deem necessary for proper operation of such institutions, and said board of trustees may expend capital funds therefor, if such leasing is required during the planning and construction phases of institutions within its jurisdiction for which such capital funds were authorized. The board of trustees may appoint and remove the chief executive officer of each institution within its jurisdiction, and with respect to its own operation the board may appoint and remove a chancellor and an executive staff. The board of trustees may determine the size of the executive staff and the duties, terms and conditions of employment of a chancellor and staff, subject to personnel guidelines established by the Board of Governors of Higher Education in consultation with said board of trustees, provided said board of trustees may not appoint or reappoint members of the executive staff for terms longer than one year. The board of trustees may employ the faculty and other personnel needed to operate and maintain the institutions within its jurisdiction. Within the limitation of appropriations, the board of trustees shall fix the compensation of such personnel, establish terms and conditions of employment and prescribe their duties and qualifications. Said board of trustees shall determine who constitutes its professional staff and establish compensation and classification schedules for its professional staff. Said board shall annually submit to the Commissioner of Administrative Services a list of the positions which it has included within the professional staff. The board shall establish a division of technical and technological education. The board of trustees shall confer such certificates and degrees as are appropriate to the curricula of community-technical colleges subject to the approval of the Board of Governors of Higher Education. The board of trustees shall with the advice of, and subject to the approval of, the Board of Governors of Higher Education, prepare plans for the development of a regional community-technical college and submit the same to the Commissioner of Public Works and request said commissioner to select the site for such college. Within the limits of the bonding authority therefor, the commissioner, subject to the provisions of section 4b-23, may acquire such site and construct such buildings as are consistent with the plan of development approved by the Board of Governors of Higher Education.
(b) Subject to state-wide policy and guidelines established by the Board of Governors of Higher Education, the board of trustees shall:
(1) Make rules for the governance of the regional community-technical colleges, determine the general policies of said colleges, including those concerning the admission of students, and direct the expenditure of said colleges' funds within the amounts available;
(2) Develop mission statements for the regional community-technical colleges: The mission statement for the regional community-technical colleges shall include, but need not be limited to the following elements: (A) The educational needs of and constituencies served by said colleges; (B) the degrees offered by said colleges, and (C) the role and scope of each institution within the community-technical college system, which shall include each institution's particular strengths and specialties. The board of trustees shall submit the mission statement to the Board of Governors of Higher Education for review and approval in accordance with the provisions of section 10a-6;
(3) Establish policies for the regional community-technical colleges;
(4) Establish policies which protect academic freedom and the content of courses and degree programs;
(5) Submit to the Board of Governors of Higher Education, for approval, recommendations for the establishment of new academic programs;
(6) Make recommendations to the Board of Governors of Higher Education, when appropriate, regarding institutional mergers or closures;
(7) Coordinate the programs and services of the institutions under its jurisdiction;
(8) Promote fund-raising by the institutions under its jurisdiction in order to assist such institutions, provided the board shall not directly engage in fund-raising except for purposes of providing funding for (A) scholarships or other direct student financial aid and (B) programs, services or activities at one or more of the institutions within its jurisdiction and report to the Commissioner of Higher Education and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education by January 1, 1994, and biennially thereafter, on all such fund-raising; and
(9) Charge the direct costs for a building project under its jurisdiction to the bond fund account for such project; provided, (A) such costs are charged in accordance with a procedure approved by the Treasurer and (B) nothing in this subdivision shall permit the charging of working capital costs, as defined in the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, or costs originally paid from sources other than the bond fund account.
(c) The board of trustees shall: (1) Review and approve institutional budget requests and prepare and submit to the Board of Governors of Higher Education, in accordance with the provisions of section 10a-8, the budget requests; and (2) propose facility planning and capital expenditure budget priorities for the institutions and divisions under its jurisdiction. The board may request authority from the Treasurer to issue payment for claims against said colleges, other than a payment for payroll, debt service payable on state bonds to bondholders, paying agents, or trustees, or any payment the source of which includes the proceeds of a state bond issue.
(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 22; 1967, P.A. 751, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 530, S. 8; 592, S. 1; P.A. 73-214, S. 2; P.A. 75-425, S. 24, 57; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; 77-614, S. 67, 73, 610; P.A. 78-331, S. 44, 58; P.A. 82-218, S. 8, 46; P.A. 83-576, S. 2, 5; P.A. 84-87, S. 3, 7; 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-496, S. 51, 110; P.A. 89-260, S. 14, 41; P.A. 90-260, S. 1, 6; P.A. 91-174, S. 6, 16; 91-230, S. 12, 17; 91-256, S. 14, 69; P.A. 92-126, S. 2, 48; P.A. 93-201, S. 11, 24; 93-293, S. 6, 11; P.A. 94-180, S. 11, 17; P.A. 96-190, S. 7, 8.)
History: 1967 act expanded board's powers to include planning for expansion and development of community colleges and leasing of facilities subject to commission for higher education approval, to include appointment of executive secretary and executive staff and hiring of faculty, to include conferring of certificates and degrees and to include site selection and building construction for new colleges; 1969 acts deleted five-year limit on leases, allowed expenditure of capital funds for leases during planning and construction of facilities and included provisions concerning professional staff of board; P.A. 73-214 made commissioner of public works responsible for executing leases rather than the board itself; P.A. 75-425 made public works commissioner responsible for site acquisition and building construction rather than the board itself; P.A. 77-573 substituted board of higher education for commission for higher education; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for personnel policy board and public works commissioner; P.A. 78-331 specified board of trustees to avoid confusion which might arise since section also contains references to the board of higher education; P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, replacing board of higher education with board of governors and adding provisions re duties of boards of trustees under state-wide policy and guidelines and re budget requests, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-38c transferred to Sec. 10a-72 in 1983; P.A. 83-576 added provision prohibiting denial of access to armed forces representatives; P.A. 84-87 repealed language in Subsec. (a) prohibiting board from denying military recruiters the opportunity to recruit on campus; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; P.A. 89-260 in Subsec. (a) provided that the board of trustees of the community-technical colleges administer the regional technical colleges, appoint and remove assistant secretaries for regional community and regional technical colleges who shall serve at the pleasure of the board and not appoint or reappoint members of the executive staff for terms longer than one year, provided that the executive secretary serve at the pleasure of the board, added new Subsec. (b) designation and in the Subsec. provided for the development of a mission statement and a strategic plan for the regional technical colleges, relettered Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), in Subsec. (c) provided that the board of trustees submit budget requests for the division of regional community colleges and the division of regional technical colleges to the board of governors of higher education and made technical changes; P.A. 90- 260 added Subdiv. (9) of Subsec. (b) re review and approval of actions of higher education administrative councils; P.A. 91-174 in Subsec. (b) added Subdiv. (10) concerning fund-raising; P.A. 91-230 in Subsec. (a) removed the requirement for the board of governors to approve expansion and development plans and substituted provision for the board to review and make recommendations on the plans; P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (c) added provision for the requesting of authority to issue payment for claims against the colleges; P.A. 92-126 changed references to community colleges and technical colleges to community-technical colleges, removed positions of assistant secretary for regional community colleges and assistant secretary for regional technical colleges, added the division of technical and technological education, removed language concerning the mission statement of technical colleges and made the mission statement of community colleges apply to community-technical colleges, removed Subdiv. concerning requirement for a strategic plan for the technical colleges and eliminated the divisions of regional community colleges and regional technical colleges; P.A. 93-201 amended Subdiv. (9) of Subsec. (b) to require report and added Subdiv. (10) re charging the bond fund account for direct costs of a building project, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-293 amended Subsec. (b) to delete Subdiv. (8) relating to a repealed section and renumbered Subdiv. (9), effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-180 amended Subdiv. (8) of Subsec. (b) to add the prohibition against direct fund-raising by the board except for the purposes described in Subparas. (A) and (B), effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 96-190 changed the title of the executive secretary to chancellor, effective July 1, 1996.

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(a) Except when specifically prohibited by the conditions, if any, upon which a gift was created or by a conditional sales agreement, the Board of Trustees for the Community-Technical Colleges is authorized to sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of any unwanted, duplicate, out-of-date or irrelevant materials within the regional community-technical college libraries under the jurisdiction of the board, provided the monetary proceeds of such a transaction, if any, shall be deemed to be funds from private sources and, as such funds, shall be held in the manner prescribed by section 4-31a for use in furthering any purpose the board considers to be in harmony with the original purpose of the gift or purchase of such materials.
(b) Fines collected by any regional community-technical college library under the jurisdiction of the board shall be deposited in the institutional operating account of such college.
(P.A. 83-450, S. 1, 5; P.A. 85-282, S. 1, 5; P.A. 89-260, S. 20, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 15, 69; P.A. 92-126, S. 22, 48.)
History: P.A. 85-282 added Subsec. (b) re deposit of library fines in auxiliary services fund; P.A. 89-260 in Subsec. (a) substituted the "board of trustees for the community-technical colleges" for "board of trustees of the regional community colleges" and specified that the section apply to the regional community college libraries; P.A. 91-256 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 92-126 changed the references to "community college" to "community-technical college".

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Section 10a-72b is repealed.
(P.A. 89-260, S. 15, 41; P.A. 92-126, S. 47, 48.)

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There is established a council to advise the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges in the performance of its statutory functions relating to technical and technological education. The council shall consist of: (1) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Labor Commissioner, (2) one technical or technological education faculty member from each of the community-technical colleges appointed by the chief executive officer of each such institution, (3) one technical or technological education student from each of the community-technical colleges elected by the student body of each such institution.
(P.A. 92-126, S. 3, 48; P.A. 93-435, S. 2, 95; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 93-435 made a technical change, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference to "Commissioner of Labor" was replaced editorially by the Revisors with "Labor Commissioner" for consistency with customary statutory usage).

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Sec. 10a-72d. Articulation agreements with regional vocational-technical schools. Credit for apprenticeship training programs. The Board of Trustees for the Community-Technical Colleges shall establish procedures for (1) the development of articulation agreements between the regional community-technical colleges and the regional vocational-technical schools in order to ensure a successful transition to higher education for students attending the regional vocational-technical schools and (2) the awarding of appropriate college credit for persons enrolled in and registered under the terms of a qualified apprenticeship training program, certified in accordance with regulations adopted by the Labor Commissioner and registered with the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council established under section 31-51b.
(P.A. 98-252, S. 71, 80.)
History: P.A. 98-252 effective July 1, 1998.

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(a) Not later than July 1, 2002, the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut Community-Technical Colleges, the Connecticut State University System, The University of Connecticut, Charter Oak State College, the Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing and Connecticut's Independent Colleges shall develop a plan to ensure that there are articulation agreements for their nursing programs to assist nurses in advancing their education and nursing credentials.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2004, such boards of trustees shall implement the plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 01-165, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 01-165 effective July 6, 2001.

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The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges, upon the recommendation of the chief executive officers of the regional community- technical colleges, shall appoint for each regional community-technical college a regional council, representative of the geographical area served. Each such council shall advise the board and the chief executive officer of each regional community-technical college with respect to appropriate educational programs to meet the needs of the communities in the region which it represents.
(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 23; 1967, P.A. 751, S. 2; P.A. 89-260, S. 21, 41; P.A. 92-126, S. 23, 48.)
History: 1967 act made board of trustees, rather than commission for higher education, responsible for appointment of regional councils, required consideration of recommendations from boards of education in area in making appointments and made councils responsible for advising board of appropriate educational programs to meet community needs rather than advising "in budget preparation and the development of policies for the effective operation of the institution"; Sec. 10-38d transferred to Sec. 10a-73 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 89-260 made the appointment of regional councils mandatory, provided that the appointment be made by "the board of trustees of the community-technical colleges, upon the recommendation of the chief executive officers of the regional community colleges", rather than by "the board of trustees of the regional community colleges", deleted the provision that in making the appointments due consideration be given to certain boards of education, required the councils to advise the board and the chief executive officer of each regional community college and made a technical change; P.A. 92-126 changed the references to "community college" to "community-technical college".

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Sec. 10a-74. (Formerly Sec. 10-38e). Acquisition of postsecondary schools and community colleges. The Board of Governors of Higher Education, on the request of the governing authority of any postsecondary school or community college, may accept jurisdiction thereof and responsibility therefor within the limits of appropriations. All property and property rights of such schools and colleges shall be vested in the state and all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred in connection therewith prior to the date on which the Board of Governors of Higher Education accepts jurisdiction and control shall be assumed by the state. Unless otherwise provided by the trust instrument, the State Treasurer shall succeed to the administration of any trust created for the benefit of any such school or college and shall administer the same in accordance with the terms of the trust.
(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 24; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5.)
History: P.A. 77-573 substituted board of higher education for commission for 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. 10-38e transferred to Sec. 10a-74 in 1983; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title.

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Secs. 10a-75 and 10a-76. (Formerly Secs. 10-38f and 10-38g). Regional Community College Auxiliary Services Fund; borrowing from General Fund. Regional Community College Educational Extension Fund. Sections 10a-75 and 10a-76 are repealed.
(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 26, 27; 1969, P.A. 451, S. 1, 2; 1972, P.A. 92, S. 1; P.A. 73-443, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-582, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 73, 610; P.A. 81-442, S. 1, 2, 9; P.A. 82-218, S. 9, 10, 46; 82-314, S. 18, 19, 63; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-37, S. 3, 4; P.A. 87-496, S. 52, 53, 110; 87-529, S. 6, 7; P.A. 88-136, S. 25, 26, 37; P.A. 89-260, S. 22, 23, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 68, 69.)

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Sec. 10a-77. (Formerly Sec. 10-38h). Regional community-technical colleges: Tuition, fees and refunds. Operating fund. Operating accounts. Waivers. Reimbursement of fund. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 10a-26, the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges shall fix fees for tuition at the regional community-technical colleges and shall fix fees for such other purposes as the board deems necessary at the regional community-technical colleges, and may make refunds to the same.
(b) The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges shall establish and administer a fund to be known as the Regional Community-Technical Colleges Operating Fund. Appropriations from general revenues of the state for the community- technical colleges, 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, and all tuition revenue received by the regional community- technical colleges in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited in said fund. 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 colleges of their education extension programs and summer school sessions shall be credited to said fund but shall be allocated to the central office and institutional operating accounts which shall be established and maintained for the central office and each community-technical college. The board of trustees shall establish an equitable policy for allocation of appropriations from general revenues of the state and tuition revenue deposited in the Regional Community-Technical Colleges Operating Fund. At the beginning of each quarter of the fiscal year, the board shall allocate and transfer, in accordance with said policy, moneys for expenditure in such institutional operating accounts, exclusive of amounts retained for central office operations and reasonable reserves for future distribution. All costs of waiving or remitting tuition pursuant to subsection (e) of this section shall be charged to the Regional Community-Technical Colleges Operating Fund. Repairs, alterations or additions to facilities supported by operating funds and 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 community-technical colleges.
(c) Commencing December 1, 1984, 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 Regional Community-Technical Colleges Operating Fund containing such relevant information as the Board of Governors of Higher Education may require.
(d) Said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition at any of the regional community-technical colleges (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 such institution and is a resident of Connecticut at the time such child is accepted for admission to such 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 such institution and is a resident of Connecticut at the time such veteran is accepted for admission to such institution, (3) for any resident of Connecticut sixty-two years of age or older, provided, 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 student attending the Connecticut State Police Academy who is enrolled in a law enforcement program at said academy offered in coordination with a regional community-technical college which accredits courses taken in such program, (5) for any active member of the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who (A) is a resident of Connecticut, (B) has been certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant General's designee as a member in good standing of the guard, and (C) is enrolled or accepted for admission to such institution on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate degree-granting program, (6) for any dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, or a 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, and (7) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist victim 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 (5) of this subsection shall be given the same status as students not receiving tuition waivers in registering for courses at regional community-technical colleges.
(e) Said board shall set aside from its anticipated regional community-technical college 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 residents enrolled in regional community-technical colleges as full or part-time matriculated students in a degree-granting program, or enrolled in a precollege remedial program, who demonstrate 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 college in accordance with this subsection. In determining such financial need, the college 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.
(f) The Regional Community-Technical Colleges Operating Fund shall be reimbursed for the amount by which the tuition waivers granted under subsection (d) of this section exceed five 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.
(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 28; 1969, P.A. 530, S. 3; June, 1971, P.A. 5, S. 125; P.A. 73-542, S. 1; P.A. 74-266, S. 1, 5; 74-282, S. 1; P.A. 75-484, S. 1, 5; P.A. 76-181, S. 1, 5; 76-313, S. 2, 3; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-175, S. 1, 5; 78-331, S. 45, 58; P.A. 81-157, S. 1, 14; 81-252, S. 1, 5; 81-468, S. 8, 11; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; 82-463, S. 1, 7; P.A. 83- 457, S. 1, 6; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-365, S. 2, 12; 84-438, S. 1, 5; P.A. 85-553, S. 1, 5; P.A. 86-325, S. 1, 5; P.A. 87-450, S. 7, 17; P.A. 88-136, S. 20. 37; P.A. 89-260, S. 24, 41; 89-380, S. 2, 7; P.A. 90-147, S. 4, 5, 20; P.A. 91-174, S. 7, 16; 91-208, S. 5, 11; 91-256, S. 16, 69; 91-303, S. 6, 22; 91-407, S. 29, 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 16, 22; P.A. 92-126, S. 24, 48; P.A. 93-293, S. 3, 7, 11; P.A. 96-244, S. 59, 63; P.A. 97-247, S. 19, 27; P.A. 00-204, S. 10, 13; P.A. 01-173, S. 31, 67; P.A. 02-126, S. 6.)
History: 1969 act allowed board to set fees other than tuition and made all fees subject to approval of commission for higher education; 1971 act set tuition fees at two hundred dollars or less for state residents and at eight hundred fifty dollars or more for nonresidents and deleted provision for remission of fees for deserving students; P.A. 73-542 added Subsecs. (b) and (c) concerning waiver of fees for veterans and for dependents of missing-in-action persons or former prisoners of war; P.A. 74-266 made former Subsec. (c) provisions a subdivision of Subsec. (b); P.A. 74-282 amended Subsec. (b) to waive fees for persons sixty-two or older under certain conditions; P.A. 75-484 added Subsec. (c) re waiver of fees for those in financial need; P.A. 76-181 amended Subsec. (a) to change residents' fees to not less than two hundred fifty dollars and nonresidents' fees to not less than nine hundred fifty dollars with the increase to be included in appropriations for community colleges for educational purposes and amended Subsec. (c) to raise from one to ten per cent the number of enrolled students whose fees may be waived; P.A. 76-313 amended Subsec. (b) to include waiver of fees for students attending the state police academy; 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 clarified board with "of trustees" in Subsecs. (b) and (c) to avoid possible confusion with board of higher education; P.A. 81-157 required that student be "matriculated student" for waiver of fees to apply in Subsec. (c) and rewrote provision limiting waivers to change limit basis from certain number of students, i.e. ten per cent, to amount of tuition payable by ten per cent of full-time students; 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 of waiver when eligible person receives educational reimbursement from employer; P.A. 81-468 amended Subsec. (a) increasing tuition fees from two hundred fifty to three hundred dollars for residents and from nine hundred fifty to eleven hundred forty dollars for nonresidents; P.A. 82-218 reorganized system of higher education, replacing board of higher education with board of governors, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 82-463 amended Subsec. (c) to restrict waivers to "resident" students enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in a degree-granting program or in a precollege remedial program, and to include part-time students in calculation of total waiver amount; Sec. 10-38h transferred to Sec. 10a-77 in 1983; P.A. 83-457 amended Subsec. (c) to repeal provision that tuition waived or remitted shall not exceed ten per cent of tuition revenue payable by number of full-time and part-time resident students matriculated in degree-granting programs and enrolled in precollege remedial programs at the regional community colleges for the current academic year, and substituted provision that tuition waived or remitted shall not exceed (1) ten per cent of tuition revenue due during the preceding year, including revenue lost due to tuition waivers and remissions, adjusted for tuition changes, or (2) the appropriation to the regional community colleges for the current fiscal year for tuition waiver or remittance, whichever is less, and added provision that only the funds in the scholarship aid tuition refund account may be used for the purposes of this section; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 84-365 inserted new Subsecs. (b) and (c) establishing a tuition fund for the regional community colleges, relettering the remaining Subsecs. accordingly, and deleting provisions in Subsec. (a) which required inclusion in community colleges appropriation of tuition above stated amounts and in Subsec. (e) (formerly (c)) which limited tuition waivers and remittances to the amount appropriated for the purpose; P.A. 84-438 amended Subsec. (b) authorizing tuition waivers for veterans who served in Grenada or Lebanon; P.A. 85-553 inserted new Subsec. (e) 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 former provisions re waiver or remittance of tuition; P.A. 86-325 in Subsec. (b) increased two per cent of the expenditure level to one hundred and two per cent and added Subsec. (f) to provide for reimbursement of the tuition fund for waivers; P.A. 87-450 in Subsec. (b) 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 two per cent and eliminated the transfer of fund income for student financial aid; P.A. 88-136 deleted obsolete provision in Subsec. (b) re tuition revenue received for the 1984-1985 academic year; P.A. 89-260 substituted "board of trustees of the community-technical colleges" for "board of trustees of the regional community colleges" and specified that the section applies to tuition and students at the regional community colleges; 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 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, in Subsec. (d) amended Subdiv. (3) to provide that tuition waivers for persons sixty- two years of age or older be only on a space available basis and deleted provision that they be granted for any such person who is enrolled in a degree-granting program and made a technical change and in Subsec. (f) provided for reimbursement for the amount by which tuition waivers exceed five per cent rather than two and one-half per cent of the fund; P.A. 90- 147 in Subsec. (b) expanded the authority of the board of trustees to increase expenditures from the tuition fund beyond the governor's recommended expenditure authority and in Subsec. (d) required that a person sixty-two 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 requirement for approval by the board of governors of higher education; P.A. 91-208 in Subsec. (e) added provision concerning the set aside of one per cent of tuition revenue for financial assistance and specifying how financial need is to be determined; P.A. 91-256 removed provision for a tuition fund and established an operating fund, in Subsec. (a) deleted requirement for fees to be approved by the board of governors of higher education and made technical changes throughout section; P.A. 91-303 in Subsec. (d)(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. (d)(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. (d) (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 Subsec. (b) to add exception re appropriation for personal services; June Sp. Sess. 91-7 amended Subsec. (b) to provide for the deposit of federal funds and grants for purposes other than research in the fund; P.A. 92-126 changed the references to "community college" to "community-technical college", removed language specifying the tuition in Subsec. (a) and added requirement in Subsec. (b) that appropriations for the community-technical colleges and the higher education center in the central Naugatuck Valley region be deposited in the fund; P.A. 93-293 amended Subsec. (b) to delete a reference to the higher education center in the central Naugatuck Valley region and amended Subsec. (d) to add Subdiv. (6) re dependent child of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1993; 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. (d) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-204 amended Subsec. (d) to designate existing provisions of Subdiv. (6) 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. (d)(6) to include a dependent child of a supernumerary police officer or auxiliary police officer or of a member of a volunteer fire company, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 02-126 amended Subsec. (d) to add Subdiv. (7) requiring tuition waiver for any state resident who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist victim who was a state resident, effective June 7, 2002.
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".

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(a)(1) The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges shall establish a permanent Endowment Fund for the Community-Technical College System to encourage donations from the private sector, with an incentive in the form of an endowment fund state grant, the net earnings on the principal of which are dedicated and made available to a regional community-technical college or the community-technical college system as a whole, for endowed professorships, scholarships and programmatic enhancements. The fund shall be administered by the board of trustees, or by a nonprofit entity entrusted for such purpose and qualified as a Section 501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and preferably constituted and controlled independent of the state and board of trustees so as to qualify the interest on state bonds the proceeds of which have been granted for deposit in the endowment fund as excludable from taxation under such code and shall, in any event, be held in a trust fund separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of the state and the community- technical college system. There shall be deposited into the fund: (A) Endowment fund state grants; and (B) interest or other income earned on the investment of moneys in the endowment fund pending transfer of the principal of the fund for the purposes identified in this subdivision. Endowment fund eligible gifts made on behalf of a regional community-technical college or the system as a whole shall be deposited in a permanent endowment fund created for each regional community-technical college and the system as a whole in the appropriate foundation established pursuant to sections 4-37e and 4-37f. A portion of the endowment fund state grant and a portion of earnings on such grant, including capital appreciation, shall be transferred, annually, within thirty days of the receipt of the endowment fund state grant by the permanent Endowment Fund for the Community-Technical College System, to such a regional community-technical college endowment fund based on the ratio of the total amount of such gifts made to such regional community-technical college to the total amount of all such gifts made to all the regional community-technical colleges and the system as a whole, provided the provisions of section 4-37f are satisfied.
(2) For each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, to June 30, 2014, inclusive, as part of the state contract with donors of endowment fund eligible gifts, the Department of Higher Education, in accordance with section 10a-8b, shall deposit in the Endowment Fund for the Community-Technical College System a grant in an amount equal to half of the total amount of endowment fund eligible gifts received by or for the benefit of the community-technical college system as a whole and each regional community- technical college for the calendar year ending the December thirty-first preceding the commencement of such fiscal year, as certified by the chairperson of the board of trustees by February fifteenth to (A) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, (B) the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, and (C) the Commissioner of Higher Education, provided such sums do not exceed the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment for the fiscal year in which the grant is made. In any such fiscal year in which the total of the eligible gifts received by the community-technical colleges exceeds the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment for such fiscal year the amount in excess of such endowment fund state grant maximum commitment shall be carried forward and be eligible for a matching state grant in any succeeding fiscal year from the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, inclusive, subject to the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment. Any endowment fund eligible gifts that are not included in the total amount of endowment fund eligible gifts certified by the chairperson of the board of trustees pursuant to this subdivision may be carried forward and be eligible for a matching state grant in any succeeding fiscal year from the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, inclusive, subject to the endowment fund state matching grant commitment for such fiscal year.
(3) The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges shall adopt, by October 1, 1997, guidelines with respect to (A) the solicitation of endowment fund eligible gifts from private donors, and (B) governing the acceptance of gifts made by a foundation established pursuant to sections 4-37e and 4-37f, to a community-technical college or its employees for reimbursement of expenditures or payment of expenditures on behalf of a community-technical college or its employees. Private donations shall not be construed to include proceeds of municipal grants.
(b) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Endowment fund eligible gift" means a gift to or for the benefit of a regional community-technical college or the community- technical college system as a whole of cash or assets which may be reduced to cash or which has a value that is ascertainable by such regional community-technical college or the community-technical college system as a whole which the donor has specifically designated for deposit in the endowment fund or which explicitly or implicitly by the terms of the gift the regional community-technical college or community-technical college system as a whole may and does deposit or permit to be deposited in the endowment funds. (2) "Endowment fund state grant" means moneys that are transferred by the Department of Higher Education from the fund established pursuant to section 10a-8b to the endowment fund established pursuant to this section in an aggregate amount not exceeding the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment. (3) "Endowment fund state grant maximum commitment" means an amount not exceeding two million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, two and one-half million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, three million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, three and one-half million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and five million dollars for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2014, inclusive.
(c) Notwithstanding the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment levels for each fiscal year pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the total of the endowment fund state grant maximum commitments for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, to June 30, 2014, inclusive, shall not exceed thirty-nine million five hundred thousand dollars.
(P.A. 97-293, S. 3, 26; P.A. 98-252, S. 50, 80; P.A. 99-285, S. 7, 12; P.A. 01-141, S. 1—3, 16; 01-195, S. 76, 181.)
History: P.A. 97-293 effective July 1, 1997 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b) the word "whose" in the phrase "... or the community-technical college system as a whose of cash or assets ..." was changed editorially by the Revisors to "whole" for accuracy); P.A. 98-252 amended Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (a) to allow gifts not included in the amount certified by the chairperson to be carried forward and be eligible for a matching state grant in a succeeding fiscal year, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-285 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to add option for administration of fund by nonprofit entity, to specify that endowment funds be in the appropriate foundation established pursuant to Secs. 4-37e and 4-37f, to specify the transfer of capital appreciation, to require transfer within thirty days of receipt of endowment fund state grant and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 01-141 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to extend the program to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, amended Subsec. (b)(3) to remove four million dollar limit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and four and one-half million dollar limit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, and to apply five million dollar limit to each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2014, inclusive, and added Subsec. (c) re thirty-nine million five hundred thousand dollar cap, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(2), effective July 11, 2001.

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(a) The Board of Trustees for Regional Community-Technical Colleges shall establish a regional community-technical college to serve the southeastern area of Connecticut as approved by the Board of Governors of Higher Education to be part of the state system of community-technical colleges.
(b) The Board of Trustees for Regional Community-Technical Colleges shall establish a regional community-technical college to serve the New Britain-Bristol area as approved by the Board of Governors of Higher Education to be part of the state system of community-technical colleges.
(c) The Board of Trustees for Regional Community-Technical Colleges shall establish a regional community-technical college to serve the northeastern Connecticut area as approved by the Board of Governors of Higher Education to be part of the state system of community-technical colleges.
(d) The Board of Trustees for Regional Community-Technical Colleges shall establish a regional community-technical college to serve the northern Connecticut area comprising the towns of East Granby, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Somers, Stafford, Suffield and Windsor Locks as approved by the Board of Governors of Higher Education to be part of the state system of community-technical colleges.
(e) The Board of Trustees for Regional Community-Technical Colleges shall establish a regional community-technical college to serve the lower Naugatuck Valley area comprising the towns of Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, Seymour, Oxford, Beacon Falls and Naugatuck as approved by the Board of Governors of Higher Education to be part of the state system of community-technical colleges.
(f) Repealed by P.A. 78-331, S. 3, 58.
(g) The Board of Trustees for Regional Community-Technical Colleges shall establish a regional community-technical college to serve the greater Waterbury area as approved by the Board of Governors of Higher Education to be part of the state system of community-technical colleges.
(1969, P.A. 812, S. 1—5, 12; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-331, S. 3, 58; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 92-126, S. 25, 48; P.A. 93-293, S. 1, 11.)
History: P.A. 77-573 substituted board of higher education for commission for higher education; P.A. 78-331 repealed Subsec. (f) regarding appropriations for biennium ending June 30, 1971; 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. 10-38i transferred to Sec. 10a-78 in 1983; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 92-126 changed references to "community college" to "community-technical college" and deleted obsolete provisions re initial dates of operation; P.A. 93-293 added Subsec. (g) concerning a college to serve the greater Waterbury area, effective July 1, 1993.

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Sec. 10a-79. (Formerly Sec. 10-38k). Campus traffic and parking regulations at regional community-technical colleges. The Board of Trustees of the Community- Technical Colleges shall appoint a committee at each regional community-technical college to establish traffic and parking regulations for passenger vehicles at such college. Such traffic committee, subject to the approval of said board and of the State Traffic Commission, may prohibit, limit or restrict the parking of passenger vehicles, determine speed limits, restrict roads or portions thereof to one-way traffic and designate the location of crosswalks on any portion of any road or highway subject to the care, custody and control of said board of trustees, order to have erected and maintained signs designating such prohibitions or restrictions, and impose a fine upon any person who fails to comply with any such prohibition or restriction. All fines so imposed at each regional community-technical college, less an amount not to exceed the cost of enforcing traffic and parking regulations, shall be deposited in the institutional operating account of such college for scholarships and library services or acquisitions. The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges shall establish at each regional community-technical college a committee which shall hear appeals of penalties assessed for parking or traffic violations. The membership of both the committee to establish traffic and parking regulations and the committee to hear traffic violation appeals shall include student and faculty representation.
(P.A. 73-151, S. 2; P.A. 89-260, S. 25, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 17, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 13, 22; P.A. 92-126, S. 26, 48.)
History: Sec. 10-38k transferred to Sec. 10a-79 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 89-260 substituted "board of trustees of the community-technical colleges" for "board of trustees of the regional community colleges" and "regional community college" for "campus" and specified that the scholarship account is that of the regional community colleges; P.A. 91-256 deleted provision requiring that fines not exceed twenty-five dollars and that the money be placed in a scholarship account, added provision that funds be deposited in institutional operating accounts, provided for the use of fines to offset the cost of enforcing traffic and parking regulations and required the fines to be used for library services and acquisitions; June Sp. Sess. 91-7 provided for the use of funds for scholarships; P.A. 92-126 changed references to "community college" to "community-technical college".
Cited. 200 C. 290, 305.

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Sec. 10a-80. (Formerly Sec. 10-38l). Community service programs at regional community-technical colleges. (a) The primary responsibilities of the regional community-technical colleges shall be (1) to provide programs of occupational, vocational, technical and technological and career education designed to provide training for immediate employment, job retraining or upgrading of skills to meet individual, community and state manpower needs; (2) to provide programs of general study including, but not limited to, remediation, general and adult education and continuing education designed to meet individual student goals; (3) to provide programs of study for college transfer representing the first two years of baccalaureate education; (4) to provide community service programs as defined in subsection (b) of this section; and (5) to provide student support services including, but not limited to, admissions, counseling, testing, placement, individualized instruction and efforts to serve students with special needs.
(b) As used in this section, "community service programs" means educational, cultural, recreational and community directed services which a community-technical college may provide in addition to its regular academic program. Such community service programs may include, but shall not be limited to, (1) activities designed to enrich the intellectual, cultural and social life of the community, (2) educational services designed to promote the development of skills for the effective use of leisure time, (3) activities and programs designed to assist in the identification and solution of community problems and (4) utilization of college facilities and services by community groups to the extent such usage does not conflict with the regular schedule of the college.
(P.A. 75-100, S. 2; P.A. 92-126, S. 27, 48.)
History: Sec. 10-38l transferred to Sec. 10a-80 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 92-126 changed references to "community college" to "community-technical college" and added in Subsec. (a) a reference to technical and technological education.

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The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges may, within available appropriations, develop manufacturing technology centers on three community-technical college campuses in geographically diverse locations.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 13.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002.

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Sec. 10a-81. (Formerly Sec. 10-108a). Board of Trustees for State Technical Colleges. Duties. Section 10a-81 is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 751, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 414, S. 1; 530, S. 9; 592, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 42; P.A. 73-214, S. 3; P.A. 74-196, S. 1, 2; 74-338, S. 86, 94; P.A. 75-262, S. 2; 75-425, S. 25, 57; 75-504, S. 2, 5; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; 77-614, S. 67, 73, 610; P.A. 78-331, S. 46, 58; P.A. 82-218, S. 11, 40, 46; P.A. 83-576, S. 3, 5; P.A. 84-87, S. 5, 7; 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-255, S. 15, 21; P.A. 87-496, S. 54, 110; P.A. 89-260, S. 40, 41.)
See Secs. 10a-71 and 10a-72 re Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges.

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Secs. 10a-81a to 10a-84. Disposition of surplus library material and library fines at regional technical colleges. Regional councils for regional technical colleges. Regional technical colleges: Tuition, fees and refunds; operating accounts; waivers; reimbursement of fund. Campus traffic and parking regulations at regional technical colleges. Sections 10a-81a to 10a-84, inclusive, are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 751, S. 5; 1969, P.A. 530, S. 6; June, 1971, P.A. 5, S. 124; P.A. 73-151, S. 3; 73-542, S. 2; P.A. 74-266, S. 2, 5; 74-282, S. 2; P.A. 75-484, S. 2, 5; P.A. 76-181, S. 2, 5; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-175, S. 2, 5; P.A. 81-252, S. 2, 5; 81-468, S. 9, 11; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; 82-463, S. 2, 7; P.A. 83-450, S. 2, 5; 83-457, S. 2, 6; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-365, S. 3, 12; 84-438, S. 2, 5; P.A. 85-282, S. 2, 5; 85-553, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-325, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-450, S. 8, 17; P.A. 88-136, S. 21, 37; P.A. 89-260, S. 26—29, 41; 89-380, S. 3, 7; P.A. 90-147, S. 6, 7, 20; P.A. 91-174, S. 8, 16; 91-208, S. 6, 11; 91-256, S. 18—20, 69; 91-303, S. 7, 22; 91-407, S. 30, 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 14, 17, 22; P.A. 92-126, S. 47, 48.)

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Secs. 10a-85 and 10a-86. (Formerly Secs. 10-108e and 10-108f). Regional Technical College Auxiliary Services Fund; borrowing from General Fund. Regional Technical College Educational Extension Fund. Sections 10a-85 and 10a-86 are repealed.
(P.A. 75-604, S. 1—3; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 80-299, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-442, S. 3, 4, 9; P.A. 82-218, S. 12, 13, 46; 82-314, S. 20, 21, 63; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-37, S. 5, 6; P.A. 87-496, S. 55, 56, 110; 87-529, S. 8, 9; P.A. 88- 136, S. 27, 28, 37; P.A. 89-260, S. 30, 31, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 68, 69.)

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Section 10a-86a is repealed.
(P.A. 89-260, S. 17, 41; P.A. 92-126, S. 47, 48.)

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PART II
CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY