General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 537

    January Session, 1999

 

LCO No. 3009

   

Referred to Committee on Education

Introduced by:

SEN. SMITH, 14th Dist.

REP. AMANN, 118th Dist.

An Act Concerning the Tobacco Settlement and a Tuition Assistance Program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 185b of the general statutes be amended to establish a tuition assistance program for students who have a B average or higher to attend state institutions of higher education and to fund the program with moneys from the tobacco settlement.

Statement of Purpose: To establish a tuition assistance program and to fund it with moneys from the tobacco settlement.