Sec. 10a-169a. Information technology scholarship pilot program. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 10a-169a. Information technology scholarship pilot program. (a) There is established a Connecticut information technology scholarship pilot program administered by the Department of Higher Education.

      (b) Within available appropriations, the program shall provide grants for students entering or enrolling in an information technology related degree or certification program at any public or independent institution of higher education in this state. The scholarship shall not exceed three thousand dollars per student per year. The scholarship shall not exceed the combined costs of tuition and fees of an institution at which a recipient is or will be enrolled. The Department of Higher Education shall develop eligibility requirements for recipients. Such requirements may include income guidelines. Students shall be eligible for such scholarships for each year they are enrolled in an information technology related degree or certification program for a total of not more than four years per student. Students may apply for such scholarships to the Department of Higher Education at such time and in such manner as the Commissioner of Higher Education prescribes.

      (c) The Department of Higher Education may accept donations for such scholarship program.

      (d) The recipients of scholarships pursuant to this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, shall constitute a cohort and scholarships for succeeding years shall only be available to members of such cohort.

      (e) Any unexpended funds appropriated for purposes of this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year but shall be available for expenditure during the next fiscal year.

      (f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, the Department of Higher Education may use up to five per cent of the funds appropriated for purposes of this section for program administration, promotion, recruitment and retention activities.

      (P.A. 00-187, S. 30, 75; P.A. 01-173, S. 38, 67.)

      History: P.A. 00-187 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2001.

      See Secs. 32-8a, 32-8b re duties of Commissioner of Economic and Community Development with respect to this program and cooperative internship program for students majoring in information technology fields.