Sec. 10-95e. Vocational Education Extension Fund. Apprenticeship account.
Sec. 10-95e. Vocational Education Extension Fund. Apprenticeship account.
(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a Vocational Education Extension Fund.
Within said Vocational Education Extension Fund, there is established an account to
be known as the "vocational education extension account". The Vocational Education
Extension Fund may include other accounts separate and apart from the vocational
education extension account. The vocational education extension account shall be used
for the operation of preparatory and supplemental programs, including apprenticeship
programs in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, and for the purchase of such
materials and equipment required for use in the operation of said programs. All proceeds
derived from the operation of said programs and revenue collected for rental or use of
school facilities shall be credited to and become a part of the resources of said vocational
education extension account, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. All
direct expenses incurred in the conduct of said programs shall be charged, and any
payments of interest and principal of bonds or any sums transferable to any fund for the
payment of interest and principal of bonds and any cost of equipment for such operations
may be charged, against said vocational education extension account on order of the
State Comptroller. Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in said
vocational education extension account to be used for said program and for the acquisition, as provided by section 4b-21, alteration and repairs of real property for educational
facilities for such programs, except such sums as may be required to be transferred from
time to time to any fund for the redemption of bonds and payment of interest on bonds,
provided capital projects costing over one hundred thousand dollars shall require the
approval of the General Assembly or, when the General Assembly is not in session, of
the Finance Advisory Committee. The State Board of Education shall fix the tuition
fees to be charged students for preparatory and supplemental programs including apprenticeship programs, provided the tuition fee to be charged for any single apprenticeship program or course shall not exceed one hundred dollars. Not less than half of the
tuition fee charged for any apprenticeship program shall be paid by the employer.
(b) The State Board of Education shall establish an apprenticeship account within
the Vocational Education Extension Fund. All proceeds derived from the operation of
apprenticeship programs shall be deposited in the Vocational Education Extension Fund
and shall be credited to and become a part of the resources of the apprenticeship account
which shall be used for the operation of apprenticeship programs and for the purchase
of materials and equipment required for such programs.
(P.A. 80-333, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-295, S. 6, 7; P.A. 93-376, S. 8, 13; P.A. 94-95. S. 9.)
History: P.A. 91-295 designated the section as Subsec. (a), in Subsec. (a) removed a prohibition against charging
fees for apprenticeship programs, added language concerning tuition for apprenticeship programs, and added Subsec. (b)
concerning the apprenticeship account; P.A. 93-376 deleted language describing the programs that the fund shall be used
for the operation of as being "in the state vocational-technical schools", provided that revenue collected for rental or use
of school facilities be credited to and become a part of the resources of the fund and changed the amount of the tuition fee
charged which shall be paid by the employer from "half" to "not less than half", effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-95 created
a "vocational education extension account" within the Vocational Education Extension Fund.