2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 185b - Constituent Units
Section 10a-105 - (Formerly Sec. 10-119a). Tuition, fees and refunds. Operating funds. Special External Gift Fund. Endowment fund. Waivers. Reimbursement to The University of Connecticut Operating Fund. Health care coverage for graduate assistants, postdoctoral trainees, graduate fellows and graduate student interns. Course reenrollment for student members of the armed forces called to active duty.
(a) Subject to the provisions of sections 10a-8 and 10a-26, the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall fix fees for tuition and shall fix fees for such other purposes as the board deems necessary at The University of Connecticut, and may make refunds of the same.
(b) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall establish and administer a fund to be known as The University of Connecticut Operating Fund, and in addition, may establish a Special External Gift Fund, and an endowment fund, as defined in section 10a-109c, and such other funds as may be established pursuant to subdivision (13) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d. Appropriations from general revenues of the state and, upon request by the university and with an annual review and approval by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the amount of the appropriations for fringe benefits and workers' compensation applicable to the university pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-73, shall be transferred from the Comptroller, and all tuition revenue received by the university in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, income from student fees or related charges, the proceeds of auxiliary activities and business enterprises, gifts and donations, federal funds and grants for purposes other than research and all receipts derived from the conduct by The University of Connecticut of its education extension program and its summer school session, except funds received by The University of Connecticut Health Center, shall be deposited in said operating fund. 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. All costs of waiving or remitting tuition pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, except the cost of waiving or remitting tuition for students enrolled in the schools of medicine or dental medicine, shall be charged to said fund. Repairs, alterations or additions to facilities supported by said fund 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 University of Connecticut.
(c) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall establish and administer a fund to be known as The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating Fund. Appropriations from general revenues of the state except the amount of the appropriation for operating expenses to be used for personal services and the appropriations for fringe benefits pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-73, all tuition revenue received by the health center in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, income from student fees or related charges, proceeds from auxiliary and business enterprises, gifts and donations, federal funds and grants for purposes other than research and other income relative to these activities shall be deposited in said fund. All costs of waiving or remitting tuition pursuant to subsection (g) of this section for students enrolled in the schools of medicine or dental medicine shall be charged to said fund. Repairs, alterations or additions to facilities supported by said fund 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 University of Connecticut Health Center.
(d) Commencing December 1, 1981, and thereafter not later than sixty days after 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, the Office of Higher Education and the Office of Policy and Management a report on the actual expenditures of The University of Connecticut Operating Fund and The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating Fund containing such relevant information as the Office of Policy and Management may require in the form prescribed by the board of regents in accordance with subsection (a) of section 10a-8.
(e) Said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition fees at The University of Connecticut (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 The University of Connecticut and is a resident of the state at the time such child is accepted for admission to said institution, (2) subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of this section, for any (A) veteran who performed service in time of war, as defined in section 27-103, or (B) person with a qualifying condition, as defined in said section, who has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from active service in the armed forces and who performed service in time of war, except that for purposes of this subsection, “service in time of war” shall not include time spent in attendance at a military service academy, which veteran or person has been accepted for admission to said institution and is domiciled in this state at the time such veteran or person is accepted for admission to said institution, (3) for any resident of the state sixty-two years of age or older who has been accepted for admission to said institution, provided (A) such resident 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 residents eligible for waivers pursuant to this subdivision to offer the course in which such resident intends to enroll and there is space available in such course after accommodating all such students, (4) 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 said institution on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting program, (5) 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, (6) for any resident of the state who is the dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist victim who was a resident of the state, (7) 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 (8) 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 and persons described in subdivision (2) of this subsection and members of the National Guard described in subdivision (4) of this subsection shall be given the same status as students not receiving tuition waivers in registering for courses at The University of Connecticut. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10a-30, as used in this subsection, “domiciled in this state” includes domicile for less than one year.
(f) (1) If any veteran described in subsection (e) of this section has applied for federal educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, the board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition at The University of Connecticut for such veteran in accordance with subdivision (2) of this subsection. If any such veteran certifies to said board that such veteran's application for such federal educational assistance has been denied or withdrawn, said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.
(2) (A) For purposes of this subdivision, “veteran tuition benefit” means the portion of federal educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to be paid to The University of Connecticut on behalf of a veteran that represents payment for tuition. Such portion shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the total amount of such federal educational assistance to be paid to The University of Connecticut on behalf of such veteran by (ii) an amount obtained by dividing (I) the actual tuition charged by The University of Connecticut to such veteran by (II) the sum of the actual tuition and fees charged by The University of Connecticut to such veteran.
(B) Said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition in excess of the veteran tuition benefit at The University of Connecticut for such veteran.
(g) Said board of trustees 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, graduate or professional 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.
(h) The University of Connecticut Operating Fund shall be reimbursed for the amount by which tuition waivers granted under subsection (e) 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.
(i) Said board of trustees shall grant remission or waiver of tuition for graduate assistants at the university. Assistantship payments to graduate assistants shall not be considered salaries and wages under the provisions of section 3-119, and shall be paid according to a schedule prescribed by the university and approved by the State Comptroller.
(j) Said board of trustees may provide health care coverage for graduate assistants, postdoctoral trainees, graduate fellows and graduate student interns identified in subdivision (6) of section 3-123aaa by enrolling such individuals in a partnership plan as defined in section 3-123aaa. All premiums and expenses resulting from the participation of such individuals in the partnership plan shall be paid by the university. No such premiums or expenses shall be charged to the General Fund.
(k) 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.
(1969, P.A. 530, S. 5; June, 1971, P.A. 5, S. 122; P.A. 73-542, S. 4; P.A. 74-266, S. 4, 5; 74-282, S. 4; P.A. 75-484, S. 4, 5; P.A. 76-181, S. 4, 5; P.A. 77-528, S. 1, 3; 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-175, S. 4, 5; 78-331, S. 48, 49, 58; P.A. 81-252, S. 4, 5; 81-468, S. 2, 11; P.A. 82-91, S. 36, 38; 82-218, S. 37, 46; 82-314, S. 24, 63; 82-463, S. 4, 6, 7; P.A. 83-457, S. 4, 6; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-365, S. 7, 12; 84-438, S. 4, 5; P.A. 85-553, S. 4, 5; P.A. 86-325, S. 4, 5; P.A. 87-450, S. 10, 11, 17; P.A. 89-380, S. 5–7; P.A. 90-147, S. 10–12, 20; P.A. 91-174, S. 12, 16; 91-208, S. 8, 11; 91-256, S. 29, 69; 91-303, S. 9, 22; 91-407, S. 28, 42; June Sp. Sess. 91-7, S. 19, 22; P.A. 92-154, S. 11, 23; P.A. 93-293, S. 9, 11; P.A. 95-230, S. 28, 45; P.A. 96-237, S. 2, 3; 96-244, S. 61, 63; P.A. 97-247, S. 1, 21, 27; P.A. 00-204, S. 12, 13; P.A. 01-173, S. 36, 67; P.A. 02-126, S. 4; P.A. 03-19, S. 24; 03-33, S. 3; 03-278, S. 128; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 201; P.A. 04-27, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 18; P.A. 06-141, S. 1; P.A. 08-57, S. 3; 08-71, S. 3; P.A. 09-159, S. 6; P.A. 10-66, S. 3; P.A. 11-48, S. 225; P.A. 12-129, S. 6; P.A. 13-137, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 417; P.A. 18-47, S. 10.)
History: 1971 act made provisions subject to Sec. 10-329b and set minimum tuition fees for residents at $350 and for nonresidents at $850; 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 in Subsec. (b) as Subdiv. (2); P.A. 74-282 allowed waiver of fees for persons 62 or older, incorporated as Subsec. (b)(3); P.A. 75-484 added new Subsec. (c) re waiver of fees for students demonstrating substantial financial need; P.A. 76-181 substantially changed fee scale in Subsec. (a) by creating separate fee rates for schools of law, medicine and dental medicine and increasing regular program fees for residents to $540 minimum and for nonresidents to $1,230 minimum, established levels of fees which are to be appropriated to the university and the law, medicine and dentistry schools for educational purposes and changed percentage of students who may have fees waived in Subsec. (c) from 1% to 10%; P.A. 77-528 added Subsec. (d) waiving tuition for graduate assistants; 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. 78-331 specified board of trustees in Subsecs. (b) and (c) to avoid confusion with board of higher education; 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 established tuition funds for The University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut Health Center; P.A. 82-91 amended Subsec. (a) to require board of trustees, for fiscal year 82-83, to increase nonresident tuition fees, except for medical and dental students, in order to collect $1,837,680 and amended Subsec. (b) to provide that additional tuition revenue deposited in tuition fund attributable to nonresident tuition fee increases pursuant to Subsec. (a) may be expended in addition to amounts recommended by governor pursuant to Sec. 4-72; P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, replacing board of higher education with board of governors, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 82-314 changed name of appropriations committee; P.A. 82-463 clarified Subsecs. (a) and (b), adding language re implementation of tuition schedule in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (f) to specify certain types of students whose tuition may be waived where previously fees could be waived for any person accepted for admission and having financial need and to include part-time students in calculation of total amount waived; Sec. 10-119a transferred to Sec. 10a-105 in 1983; P.A. 83-457 amended Subsec. (f) to repeal provision that tuition waived or remitted shall not exceed 10% of tuition revenue payable by number of full-time or part-time resident and nonresident students matriculated in degree-granting programs and enrolled in precollege remedial programs at The University of Connecticut 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; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors' title; P.A. 84-365 amended Subsec. (b) deleting provision re expenditure of $1,837,680 in addition to the amount recommended for expenditure by the governor pursuant to Sec. 4-72 and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to provide that the board of trustees may increase the expenditure authority up to 2%; P.A. 84-438 amended Subsec. (e) authorizing tuition waivers for veterans of Grenada and Lebanon; P.A. 85-553 inserted new Subsec. (f) 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 prior provisions re waiver or remittance of tuition; P.A. 86-325 in Subsec. (b) increased 2% of the expenditure level to 102%, inserted new Subsec. (g) to provide for reimbursement of the tuition fund for waivers, relettering former Subsec. (g) as (h); P.A. 87-450 in Subsecs. (b) and (c) 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. 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 for The University of Connecticut tuition fund 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 and in Subsec. (c) 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 for The University of Connecticut Health Center tuition fund 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 University of Connecticut tuition fund beyond the governor's recommended expenditure authority, in Subsec. (c) expanded the authority of the board of trustees to increase expenditures from the health center tuition fund beyond the governor's recommended expenditure authority and in Subsec. (e) 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 a requirement for approval by the board of governors of higher education; P.A. 91-208 in Subsec. (f) 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 provisions for tuition funds and established operating funds at the university and at the health center, 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. (e)(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. (e)(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. (e)(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 Subsecs. (b) and (c) to add exceptions re appropriation for personal services and further amended Subsec. (c) to delete provision requiring that proceeds of auxiliary and business enterprises, gifts and donations be maintained in accordance with federal tax code; June Sp. Sess. 91-7 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to provide for the deposit of federal funds and grants for purposes other than research in the funds and deleted language in Subsec. (c) specifying that proceeds of auxiliary and business enterprises, gifts and donations be maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions of the federal tax code; P.A. 92-154 amended Subsec. (a) to remove language specifying the amount of tuition and added Subsec. (h) concerning health insurance coverage for graduate assistants; P.A. 93-293 added Subsec. (e)(5) re dependent child of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (b) to permit establishment of Special External Gift Fund and Endowment Fund and made technical changes, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 96-237 amended Subsec. (b) to expand appropriations to be deposited in operating fund to include operating expenses to be used for personal services, to require, upon request by the university and with annual review by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, appropriations for fringe benefits and workers' compensation to be transferred from the Comptroller to the fund, to authorize the secretary to require appropriations for operating expenses to be used for personal services and fringe benefits to be excluded from the fund and to provide that the Treasurer shall review and approve the transfer prior to such request by the university, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-244 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. (e) to make a technical change and amended Subsec. (h) to prohibit the consideration of graduate assistantship payments as salaries and wages under Sec. 3-119 and to require payments to be made according to a schedule prescribed by the university and approved by the State Comptroller, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-204 amended Subsec. (e) to designate existing provisions of Subdiv. (5) 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. (e)(5) to add 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. (e)(6) requiring tuition waiver for any state resident who is the 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. (e), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 03-33 added Subsec. (i) 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. 3 from October 1, 2003, to May 12, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (h) by deleting provisions re health insurance coverage for graduate assistants, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-27 made a technical change in Subsec. (i), effective April 28, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (e)(2) by replacing language re residency with language re domicile, amended Subsec. (e)(4) by replacing language re residency in Subpara. (A) with language re the Adjutant General in existing Subpara. (B) and redesignating existing Subpara. (C) as new Subpara. (B) and amended Subsec. (e)(6) by adding language describing “domiciled in this state”, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-141 added Subsec. (e)(7) re dependents of victims of multivehicle crash in Avon, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 08-57 amended Subsec. (e)(4)(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. (e) by adding Subdiv. (8) 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; P.A. 09-159 made technical changes in Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d), amended Subsec. (e)(2) by providing that tuition waivers for veterans be subject to provisions of Subsec. (f), added new Subsec. (f) re tuition waivers for veterans who have applied for federal educational assistance under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 and redesignated existing Subsecs. (f) to (i) as Subsecs. (g) to (j), effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 10-66 amended Subsec. (e)(2) by replacing “having served” with “who performed service”, deleting provisions re service in invasions of Grenada and Panama and peace-keeping mission in Lebanon, and redefining “service in time of war” to exclude time spent in attendance at a military service academy, effective May 18, 2010; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (d) to replace “Board of Governors of Higher Education” with “Board of Regents for Higher Education” re report on actual expenditures and with “Office of Policy and Management” re relevant information required in such report, and to add provision re form prescribed by board of regents in accordance with Sec. 10a-8(a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-129 amended Subsec. (d) by eliminating requirement that board of trustees submit report through Board of Regents for Higher Education, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-137 amended Subsec. (d) to add “the Office of Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsecs. (g) and (i) to add “of trustees”, added new Subsec. (j) re health care coverage and redesignated existing Subsec. (j) as Subsec. (k), effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 18-47 amended Subsec. (e)(2) to designate provision re veteran who performed service in time of war as Subpara. (A), add Subpara. (B) re person with qualifying condition and discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable who served in time of war, and made technical and conforming changes.
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”.
