Sec. 10a-5. (Formerly Sec. 10-323c). Appointment of commissioner. Department of Higher Education; employment of personnel.
Sec. 10a-5. (Formerly Sec. 10-323c). Appointment of commissioner. Department of Higher Education; employment of personnel. (a) The Board of Governors
of Higher Education shall select and employ a Commissioner of Higher Education who
shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The commissioner shall have the responsibility
for implementing the policies and directives of the board and shall have additional
responsibilities as the board may prescribe. Said commissioner may designate an alternate to serve as a member of any commission, foundation, or committee upon which
the general statutes require said commissioner to serve. Such designee may vote on
behalf of said commissioner. There shall be a Department of Higher Education which
shall serve as the administrative arm of the Board of Governors of Higher Education.
The department shall be under the direction of the Commissioner of Higher Education,
who shall be the chief executive officer of the department and shall administer, coordinate and supervise the activities of the department in accordance with the policies established by the board.
(b) The commissioner may employ staff as is deemed necessary, including but not
limited to temporary assistants and consultants. The board shall establish terms and
conditions of employment of its staff, prescribe their duties, and fix the compensation
of its professional and technical personnel. The Board of Governors of Higher Education
shall organize or reorganize the Department of Higher Education into such units as may
be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department. Upon such
organization or reorganization the board shall adopt regulations in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 77-573, S. 4, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 5, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 88-136, S. 15, 16, 37.)
History: P.A. 82-218 replaced provisions re board of higher education with provisions creating department of higher
education and repealed obsolete Subsec. (c) re transfer of staff from commission of higher education to its successor the
board of higher education, reflecting reorganization of state system of higher education, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-323c transferred to Sec. 10a-5 in 1983; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 88-136
deleted provision in Subsec. (a) re person to initially serve as commissioner of higher education and deleted "on his behalf"
and deleted in Subsec. (b) the provision re the initial staff of the department of higher education.
See Sec. 10-21f re cooperation with Commissioner of Education in development of career ladder programs for high
school students.