Sec. 10a-99. (Formerly Sec. 10-116). Tuition, fees and refunds. Operating fund. Operating accounts. Waivers. Reimbursement of fund. Course reenrollment for student members of the armed forces called t
Sec. 10a-99. (Formerly Sec. 10-116). Tuition, fees and refunds. Operating
fund. Operating accounts. Waivers. Reimbursement of fund. Course reenrollment
for student members of the armed forces called to active duty. (a) Subject to the
provisions of section 10a-26, the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University
System shall fix fees for tuition and shall fix fees for such other purposes as the board
deems necessary at the university, and may make refunds of the same.
(b) The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System shall establish
and administer a fund to be known as the Connecticut State University System Operating
Fund. Appropriations from general revenues of the state and upon request by the Connecticut State University System and with the annual review and approval by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the amount of the appropriations for fringe
benefits pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-73, shall be transferred from the State
Comptroller and all tuition revenue received by the Connecticut State University System
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, subject to
the provisions of sections 10a-98 to 10a-98g, inclusive, and all receipts derived from
the conduct by a state university of its education extension program and its summer
school session 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 state university. Any such gifts and donations, federal funds and
grants for purposes of research shall be allocated to separate accounts within such central
office and institutional operating accounts. If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management disapproves such transfer, he may require the amount of the appropriation
for operating expenses to be used for personal services and fringe benefits to be excluded
from said fund. The State Treasurer shall review and approve the transfer prior to such
request by the university. The board of trustees shall establish an equitable policy for
allocation of appropriations from general revenues of the state, fringe benefits transferred from the State Comptroller and tuition revenue deposited in the Connecticut State
University System 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
Connecticut State University System Operating Fund. Repairs, alterations or additions
to facilities supported by the Connecticut State University System Operating Fund 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 the Connecticut State University System.
(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 Connecticut
State University System Operating Fund containing such relevant information as the
Board of Governors of Higher Education may require.
(d) Said board shall waive the payment of tuition fees at the Connecticut State
University System (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 domiciled in this state 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 who has been accepted for admission to such institution,
provided (A) such person is enrolled in a degree-granting program, or (B) 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 Police Academy who is enrolled in a law enforcement program at said
academy offered in coordination with the university which accredits courses taken in
such program, (5) for any active member of the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard
who (A) has been certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant General's designee
as a member in good standing of the guard, and (B) is enrolled or accepted for admission
to such institution on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate or graduate
degree-granting program, (6) for any dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined
in section 7-294a, or 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, (7) for any
resident of this state who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist
victim who was a resident of the state,(8) for any dependent child of a resident of the
state who was killed in a multivehicle crash at or near the intersection of Routes 44 and
10 and Nod Road in Avon on July 29, 2005, and (9) for any resident of the state who
is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action while
performing active military duty with the armed forces of the United States on or after
September 11, 2001, and 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 Connecticut state universities. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
10a-30, as used in this subsection, "domiciled in this state" includes domicile for less
than one year.
(e) Said board shall set aside from its anticipated 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
any undergraduate or graduate student who is enrolled as a full or part-time matriculated
student in a degree-granting program, or enrolled in a precollege remedial program, and
who demonstrates 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 university
in accordance with this subsection. In determining such financial need, the university
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 Connecticut State University System Operating Fund shall be reimbursed
for the amount by which the tuition waivers granted under subsection (d) of this section
exceed two and one-half 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.
(g) Said board of trustees shall allow any student who is a member of the armed
forces called to active duty during any semester to enroll in any course for which such
student had remitted tuition but which was not completed due to active duty status. Such
course reenrollment shall be offered to any qualifying student for a period not exceeding
four years after the date of release from active duty without additional tuition, student
fee or related charge, except if such student has been fully reimbursed for the tuition,
fees and charges for the course that was not completed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1419; 1955, S. 937d; 1959, P.A. 411, S. 12; February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 38; 372, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 530,
S. 4; June, 1971, P.A. 5, S. 123, 127; P.A. 73-542, S. 3; P.A. 74-266, S. 3, 5; 74-282, S. 3; P.A. 75-484, S. 3, 5; P.A. 76-181, S. 3, 5; 76-313, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-241; 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-175, S. 3, 5; P.A. 81-252, S. 3, 5; 81-468, S. 10, 11;
P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 39, 46; 82-463, S. 3, 7; P.A. 83-457, S. 3, 6; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-365, S. 4, 12; 84-438, S. 3, 5;
P.A. 85-553, S. 3, 5; P.A. 86-325, S. 3, 5; P.A. 87-450, S. 9, 17; P.A. 88-136, S. 22, 37; P.A. 89-380, S. 4, 7; P.A. 90-147,
S. 8, 9, 20; P.A. 91-174, S. 10, 16; 91-208, S. 7, 11; 91-256, S. 26, 69; 91-303, S. 8, 22; 91-407, S. 31, 42; June Sp. Sess.
P.A. 91-7, S. 18, 22; P.A. 92-154, S. 10, 23; P.A. 93-293, S. 8, 11; P.A. 96-244, S. 32, 60, 63; P.A. 97-247, S. 20, 27; 97-293, S. 17, 26; P.A. 00-204, S. 11, 13; P.A. 01-173, S. 32, 67; P.A. 02-126, S. 5; P.A. 03-19, S. 23; 03-33, S. 2; 03-278,
S. 128; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 200; P.A. 04-27, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 17; P.A. 06-141, S. 2; P.A. 08-57, S. 2; 08-71, S. 2.)
History: 1959 act changed teachers colleges to state colleges and confined remission of fees to students preparing to
teach; 1965 acts substituted board of trustees of the state colleges for state board of education, deleted phrase "under such
regulations as it prescribes" in fee provision, deleted phrase restricting fee remission to students who are preparing to teach
and added Subsec. (b) allowing waiver of fees for persons 62 or older; 1969 act allowed fees other than tuition to be charged
and made fees subject to approval of commission for higher education; 1971 act made fees subject to provisions of Sec.
10-329b, set tuition fees at rate of at least $300 for residents and $850 for nonresidents and deleted provision allowing
remission of fees for students of exceptional promise; P.A. 73-542 added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re waiver of fees for children
of persons missing-in-action and former prisoners of war and for Vietnam era veterans; P.A. 74-266 deleted Subsec. (c)
and incorporated its provisions into Subsec. (b) as Subdiv. (2); P.A. 74-282 allowed waiver of fees for persons 62 or older,
incorporated as Subdiv. (3) in Subsec. (b), restoring previous provision enacted in 1965 but inadvertently dropped in 1971
act; P.A. 75-484 added Subsec. (c) allowing waiver of fees for those demonstrating substantial financial need; P.A. 76-181 increased minimum fee for residents to $390 and for nonresidents to $1,030, provided that funds generated by the
increase be appropriated to state colleges for educational purposes and increased percentage of students whose fees may
be waived in Subsec. (c) from 1% to 10%; P.A. 76-313 allowed waiver of fees for students attending Connecticut state
police academy in Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-241 substituted Connecticut police academy for Connecticut 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. 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 in waiver
if eligible person receives educational reimbursement from employer; P.A. 81-468 amended Subsec. (a) increasing tuition
fees from $390 to $440 for residents; P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, amending Subsec. (a) to redesignate
state colleges as the Connecticut State University and to replace board of higher education with board of governors, effective
March 1, 1983; P.A. 82-463 amended Subsec. (c) to restrict waivers to full or part-time resident students and nonresident
graduate students enrolled in degree-granting or precollege remedial programs and to include part-time students in calculation of total amount waived; Sec. 10-116 transferred to Sec. 10a-99 in 1983; P.A. 83-457 amended Subsec. (c) to repeal
provision that tuition waived or remitted shall not exceed 10% of tuition revenue payable by number of full-time and part-time resident and nonresident students matriculated in a degree-granting program and enrolled in precollege remedial
programs at the Connecticut State University for the current academic year, and substituted provision that tuition waived
or remitted shall not exceed 10% of tuition revenue due during the preceding year, including revenue lost due to tuition
waivers and remissions, adjusted for tuition changes or the appropriation to the Connecticut State University 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 tuition fund for Connecticut State University,
relettering subsequent sections accordingly, and deleting provisions in Subsec. (a) which required inclusion in Connecticut
State University 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 of Grenada and 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
previous provisions re waiver or remittance of tuition; P.A. 86-325 in Subsec. (b) increased 2% of the expenditure level
to 102% 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 2% 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. 89-380 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; 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 62 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 1% 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; 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. P.A. 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. 92-154 amended Subsec. (a) to remove language specifying the amount
of tuition and added Subsec. (g) concerning health insurance coverage for graduate assistants; P.A. 93-293 added Subsec.
(d)(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. (b) to add provision concerning separate accounts for research funds, effective July 1, 1996, and 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. 97-293 amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions relating to the deposit in the operating
fund of the amount of appropriations for operating expenses to be used for personal services and fringe benefits, 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 or auxiliary
police officer or of a member of a volunteer fire company, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 02-126 added Subsec. (d)(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; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes in Subsec. (d)(3) and (6), effective May 12,
2003; P.A. 03-33 added Subsec. (h) re course reenrollment for students who are members of the armed forces called to
active duty during any semester; P.A. 03-278 changed effective date of P.A. 03-33, S. 2 from October 1, 2003, to May 12,
2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 deleted Subsec. (g) re health insurance coverage for graduate assistants, effective August
20, 2003 (Revisor's Note: New Subsec. (h), added by P.A. 03-33, was redesignated as Subsec. (g) by the Revisors upon
deletion of former Subsec. (g) by this act); P.A. 04-27 made a technical change in Subsec. (g), effective April 28, 2004;
June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (d)(2) by replacing language re residency with language re domicile, amended
Subsec. (d)(5) by replacing language re residency in Subpara. (A) with language re Adjutant General in existing Subpara.
(B) and redesignating existing Subpara. (C) as new Subpara. (B) and amended Subsec. (d)(7) by adding language describing
"domiciled in this state", effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-141 added Subsec. (d)(8) re dependents of victims of multivehicle
crash in Avon, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 08-57 amended Subsec. (d)(5)(B) by waiving tuition fees for active members
of the Connecticut National Guard for graduate programs, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 08-71 amended Subsec. (d) by
adding Subdiv. (9) re tuition waiver applicable to resident of state who is dependent child or surviving spouse of armed
forces member killed in action on or after September 11, 2001, effective July 1, 2008.
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".