2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 185 - Administration of State System
Section 10a-8 - (Formerly Sec. 10-323f). Budget preparation. Development of program or formula-based budgeting system. Allocation of appropriations. Allotment reductions. Transfer of funds.

(a) The provisions of sections 4-77 and 4-78 shall not apply to the constituent units of the state system of higher education, and for the purposes of said sections only, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall be deemed the budgeted agency for the Connecticut State University System, the regional community-technical college system and Charter Oak State College. The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall develop a formula or program-based budgeting system to be used by each institution in preparing operating budgets. The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall prepare a single budget request itemized by the Connecticut State University System, the regional community-technical college system and Charter Oak State College using the formula or program-based budgeting system and shall submit such budget request displaying all operating funds to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in accordance with sections 4-77 and 4-78, subject to procedures developed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education and approved by said secretary. The budget request shall set forth, in the form prescribed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education, a proposed expenditure plan which shall include: (1) The total amount requested for such appropriation account; (2) the amount to be appropriated from the General Fund; and (3) the amount to be paid from the tuition revenues of the regional community-technical college system and the Connecticut State University System. After review and comment by the Board of Regents for Higher Education, the proposed expenditure plans shall be incorporated into the single public higher education budget request including recommendations, if any, by said board. Any tuition increase proposed by the regional community-technical college system and the Connecticut State University System for the fiscal year to which the budget request relates shall be included in the single public higher education budget request submitted by the Board of Regents for Higher Education for such fiscal year, provided if the General Assembly does not appropriate the amount requested by any such system, such system may increase tuition and fees by an amount greater than that included in the budget request in response to which the appropriation was made. The General Assembly shall make appropriations directly to the constituent units. Allotment reductions made pursuant to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 4-85 shall be applied by the Board of Regents for Higher Education among the appropriations to the constituent units without regard to the limitations on reductions provided in said section, except that said limitations shall apply to the total of the amounts appropriated. The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall apply such reductions after consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Any reductions of more than five per cent of the appropriations of any constituent units shall be submitted to the appropriations committee which shall, within thirty days, approve or reject such reduction.

(b) The boards of trustees of each of the constituent units may transfer to or from any specific appropriation of such constituent unit a sum or sums totaling up to fifty thousand dollars or ten per cent of any such specific appropriation, whichever is less, in any fiscal year without the consent of the Finance Advisory Committee. Any such transfer shall be reported to the Finance Advisory Committee within thirty days of such transfer and such report shall be a record of said committee.

(P.A. 77-573, S. 7, 30; P.A. 80-213; P.A. 81-468, S. 3, 11; P.A. 82-218, S. 27, 46; P.A. 83-380, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-365, S. 5, 12; P.A. 89-260, S. 10, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 11, 69; P.A. 92-126, S. 21, 48; P.A. 95-230, S. 26, 45; P.A. 96-244, S. 44, 63; P.A. 10-32, S. 31; P.A. 11-48, S. 215; 11-70, S. 5; P.A. 12-156, S. 11; P.A. 14-117, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 80-213 amended Subsec. (c) to make $10,000, rather than $5,000 the key amount in provisions re transferred funds; P.A. 81-468 required submission of budget request to secretary of the office of policy and management, replacing obsolete reference to director of the budget and added provision detailing contents of expenditure plan and budget request; P.A. 82-218 reorganized state system of higher education, replacing board of higher education with board of governors and adding provisions in Subsec. (b) re budget request and appropriations procedures, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-323f transferred to Sec. 10a-8 in 1983; P.A. 83-380 amended Subsec. (c) to increase amounts allowed to be transferred to or from any specific appropriation of a constituent unit from $10,000 to $50,000 or 10% of any such specific appropriation, whichever is less; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors’ title; P.A. 84-365 deleted Subsec. (a) re preparation of single public higher education budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1984, and amended new Subsec. (a), formerly (b), to require the boards of trustees of the regional community colleges, the state technical colleges, Connecticut State University and The University of Connecticut to prepare a proposed expenditure plan to be incorporated into the single public higher education budget request, relettering remaining Subsecs. as necessary; P.A. 89-260 in Subsec. (a) substituted the board of trustees of the community-technical colleges for the boards of trustees of the regional community colleges and the state technical colleges and substituted “regional technical colleges” for “state technical colleges”; P.A. 91-256 deleted requirement that the expenditure plans be approved by the board of governors and substituted provision for comment and recommendations by the board and made technical changes; P.A. 92-126 replaced references to community colleges and technical colleges with reference to community-technical colleges; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (a) to add proviso if appropriation by the General Assembly is not the amount requested, the board of trustees may increase tuition and fees by a greater amount than that included in the budget request, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 96-244 amended Subsec. (a) to apply to all boards of trustees the provision concerning the authority to increase tuition and fees when the General Assembly does not appropriate the amount requested by the board and made a technical change, effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Board of Governors of Higher Education” with “Board of Regents for Higher Education”, remove references to The University of Connecticut, make conforming changes and increase from 10 days to 30 days the deadline by which appropriations committee shall act on a reduction of more than 5% of the appropriations of any constituent unit, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-70 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 12-156 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “colleges” with “college system”, and replacing “board of trustees” with “system”, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 14-117 amended Subsec. (a) to change “the Board for State Academic Awards” to “Charter Oak State College”, effective July 1, 2014.