2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 185 - Administration of State System
Section 10a-6b - Accountability measures. Reports.

(a) In developing the accountability measures pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10a-6a, the Higher Education Coordinating Council shall consider (1) the goals adopted by the Planning Commission for Higher Education and identified in section 10a-11c, and (2) any other factor that it deems relevant. All measures shall be made available for inspection and separated out by constituent unit, institution of higher education, campus and program.

(b) The Board of Regents for Higher Education and each constituent unit of the state system of higher education shall use such accountability measures in assessing the progress of each public institution of higher education toward meeting such goals.

(c) The council shall work with the Labor Department and utilize existing data networks to (1) produce periodic reports, capable of being sorted by student age, on the employment status, job retention and earnings of students enrolled in academic and noncredit vocational courses and programs, both prior to enrollment and after completion of such courses and programs, who leave the constituent units upon graduation or otherwise, and (2) develop an annual affordability index for public higher education that is based on state-wide median family income. Such reports shall be made accessible on an Internet web site in aggregate form with guidance from the Planning Commission for Higher Education.

(d) The council shall submit the accountability measures to the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut for review and approval. Once the measures are approved, each constituent unit, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, shall provide to said board and The University of Connecticut shall provide to the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut the data that is necessary for purposes of applying the measures.

(e) Each public institution of higher education, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, shall submit an accountability report to the president of said board annually, by December first. The president shall compile the reports and shall submit, in accordance with section 11-4a, a consolidated accountability report for the state system of higher education to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education annually, by February first. The report shall contain accountability measures for each constituent unit and public institution of higher education pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section. The report shall include updated baseline and peer comparison data, performance improvement targets for each measure, and other information as determined by the president.

(f) The University of Connecticut shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, an accountability report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education annually, by February first. The report shall contain accountability measures for the university pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section. The report shall include updated baseline and peer comparison data, performance improvement targets for each measure, and other information as determined by the president of The University of Connecticut.

(P.A. 99-285, S. 2, 12; P.A. 00-220, S. 24, 25, 38, 43; P.A. 01-173, S. 52, 67; P.A. 04-257, S. 14; P.A. 11-48, S. 229; P.A. 14-225, S. 7; P.A. 15-75, S. 5; P.A. 17-156, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 99-285 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-220 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (d) and added Subsecs. (e) and (f) re report prototype and accountability reports, respectively, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 added Subsec. (g) re annual reports, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsecs. (a), (f) and (g), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Department of Higher Education” with “Board of Regents for Higher Education” and reference to constituent unit with reference to public institution of higher education, amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions re completions, allocation of resources and transfer patterns, remove reference to Sec. 10a-3 and require measures to be made available for inspection and separated out by constituent unit, institution, campus and program, added new Subsec. (c) re reports on student employment and earnings and development of annual affordability index, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d) and amended same to replace “Board of Governors of Higher Education” with “Board of Regents for Higher Education” and replace “department” with “board”, deleted former Subsecs. (d) to (f), and redesignated existing Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (e) and amended same to replace “constituent unit” with “public institution of higher education” and “Commissioner of Higher Education” with “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” and to change date by which accountability report is due from January first to November first and date by which consolidated accountability report is due from February first to December first, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-225 amended Subsec. (b) by inserting Subdiv. designators, adding provisions re council to consider age of graduates, noncredit vocational course and program and goals adopted by the Planning Commission for Higher Education, and making technical changes, and amended Subsec. (c)(1) to add provisions re reports to be capable of being sorted by student age and to include information on employment status, job retention and earnings for students prior to enrollment in and after completion of academic and noncredit vocational courses and programs, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-75 deleted former Subsec. (a) re goals, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as new Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing reference to Subsec. (a) with reference to Sec. 10a-6a(b), deleting former Subdivs. (1) to (12), redesignating existing Subdivs. (13) and (14) as new Subdivs. (1) and (2) and adding reference to goals identified in Sec. 10a-11c in redesignated Subdiv. (1), added new Subsec. (b) re use of accountability measures by constituent units, amended Subsec. (d) to add reference to Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and add provision re data provided to Board of Regents and Board of Trustees, amended Subsec. (e) to delete references to state system of higher education and replace “November” with “December” and “December” with “February”, added Subsec. (f) re The University of Connecticut to submit accountability report, and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 17-156 amended Subsec. (c) by adding “and utilize existing data networks” and adding provision re accessibility of reports.