2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 185b - Constituent Units
Section 10a-149 - (Formerly Sec. 10-325c). Operation of state institutions of higher education.

In addition to other powers granted in the general statutes, authority and responsibility for the operation of the state’s public institutions of higher education shall be vested in (1) the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut which shall have exclusive responsibility for programs leading to doctoral degrees and postbaccalaureate professional degrees, with the exception of education doctoral degree programs, (2) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System which shall have special responsibility for the preparation of personnel for the public schools of the state including master’s degree programs, education doctoral degree programs, including an education doctoral degree program in nursing education, and other graduate study in education, and authority for providing liberal arts and career programs at the bachelors, masters and sixth year level, (3) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges which shall have responsibility for providing programs, as enumerated in section 10a-80, leading, where appropriate, to an associate degree or occupational certificate and programs leading to the degree of associate in applied science and such other appropriate degrees or certificates as are approved by the Board of Regents for Higher Education and for such terminal vocational retraining and continuing education programs leading to occupational certificates as are appropriate, and (4) the Board for State Academic Awards which shall have responsibility for the award of external degrees and credits earned by examination and by other forms of validation and by evaluation of learning, including transfer of credit; provided the authority of the Boards of Trustees of The University of Connecticut, the Connecticut State University System and the Community-Technical Colleges to award degrees of the respective institutions shall not be affected.

(P.A. 77-573, S. 16, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 39, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 89-260, S. 33, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 63, 69; P.A. 05-4, S. 1; P.A. 10-8, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 285.)

History: P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, replacing board of higher education with board of governors and redesignating state colleges as the Connecticut State University, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-325c transferred to Sec. 10a-149 in 1983; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors’ title; P.A. 89-260 made the board of trustees of the community-technical colleges responsible for the programs formerly the responsibility of the boards of trustees of the regional community colleges and of the state technical colleges by combining Subdivs. (3) and (4) and renumbering Subdiv. (5) as Subdiv. (4), substituted “board of trustees of the community-technical colleges” for the board of trustees of regional community colleges and of the state technical colleges and made a technical change; P.A. 91-256 made technical changes; P.A. 05-4 amended Subdivs. (1) and (2) to permit the Connecticut State University system to offer education doctoral degree programs and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 10-8 amended Subdiv. (2) by adding provision re education doctoral degree program in nursing education, effective May 5, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011.

Cited. 175 C. 586.