Connecticut HB 5112: AN ACT CONCERNING THE BUDGET OF THE CONNECTICUT STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5112
February Session, 2020 LCO No. 1185

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT

Introduced by:
(HED)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE BUDGET OF THE CONNECTICUT STATE
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 10a-8 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 2
(a) The provisions of sections 4-77 and 4-78 shall not apply to the 3
constituent units of the state system of higher education, and for the 4
purposes of said sections only, the Board of Regents for Higher 5
Education shall be deemed the budgeted agency for the Connecticut 6
State University System, the regional community-technical college 7
system, [and] Charter Oak State College and the central office of the 8
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities. The Board of Regents for 9
Higher Education shall develop a formula or program-based budgeting 10
system to be used by each institution in preparing operating budgets. 11
The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall prepare a single 12
budget request itemized by the Connecticut State University System, the 13
regional community-technical college system, [and] Charter Oak State 14

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College and the central office of the Connecticut State Colleges and 15
Universities using the formula or program-based budgeting system and 16
shall submit such budget request displaying all operating funds to the 17
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in accordance with 18
sections 4-77 and 4-78, subject to procedures developed by the Board of 19
Regents for Higher Education and approved by said secretary. The 20
budget request shall set forth, in the form prescribed by the Board of 21
Regents for Higher Education, a proposed expenditure plan which shall 22
include: (1) The total amount requested for such appropriation account; 23
(2) the amount to be appropriated from the General Fund; and (3) the 24
amount to be paid from the tuition revenues of the regional community-25
technical college system, [and] the Connecticut State University System 26
and Charter Oak State College. After review and comment by the Board 27
of Regents for Higher Education, the proposed expenditure plans shall 28
be incorporated into the single public higher education budget request 29
including recommendations, if any, by said board. Any tuition increase 30
proposed by the regional community-technical college system, [and] the 31
Connecticut State University System, and Charter Oak State College for 32
the fiscal year to which the budget request relates shall be included in 33
the single public higher education budget request submitted by the 34
Board of Regents for Higher Education for such fiscal year, provided if 35
the General Assembly does not appropriate the amount requested by 36
any such system, such system may increase tuition and fees by an 37
amount greater than that included in the budget request in response to 38
which the appropriation was made. The General Assembly shall make 39
appropriations directly to the constituent units. Allotment reductions 40
made pursuant to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 4-41
85 shall be applied by the Board of Regents for Higher Education among 42
the appropriations to the constituent units and the central office without 43
regard to the limitations on reductions provided in said section, except 44
that said limitations shall apply to the total of the amounts appropriated. 45
The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall apply such reductions 46
after consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 47
Management. Any reductions of more than five per cent of the 48
appropriations of any constituent units shall be submitted to the 49

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appropriations committee which shall, within thirty days, approve or 50
reject such reduction. 51
(b) The boards of trustees of each of the constituent units may transfer 52
to or from any specific appropriation of such constituent unit a sum or 53
sums totaling up to fifty thousand dollars or ten per cent of any such 54
specific appropriation, whichever is less, in any fiscal year without the 55
consent of the Finance Advisory Committee. Any such transfer shall be 56
reported to the Finance Advisory Committee within thirty days of such 57
transfer and such report shall be a record of said committee. 58
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 10a-77 of the general statutes is 59
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 60
2020): 61
(b) The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges shall 62
establish and administer a fund to be known as the Regional 63
Community-Technical Colleges Operating Fund. Appropriations from 64
general revenues of the state and, upon reques