Sec. 10a-170c. Award of high technology assistantships; renewal; limitations; amounts. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 10a-170c. Award of high technology assistantships; renewal; limitations; amounts. (a) A graduate assistantship shall be awarded for one academic year, but may be renewed upon the submission of a renewal application, with the recommendation of the institution the student is attending, subject to the continued eligibility of the student and the availability of appropriated funds. Half of the graduate assistantship award shall be disbursed each semester, contingent upon the student continuing in good academic standing in the designated program. In no case shall a student be eligible for a graduate assistantship award for more than three years of study.

      (b) Students selected as graduate assistants pursuant to section 10a-170b shall receive ten thousand dollars annually provided the student shall be employed by the institution in a teaching or research capacity for not less than fifty per cent of full-time, as defined by the institution. The Commissioner of Higher Education shall pay (1) to each public and private institution under the program ten thousand dollars annually for each such student and (2) to each public institution under the program fifteen hundred dollars annually for each such student to support the institution's costs associated with the coverage provided in section 5-259, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 10a-105, and subsection (g) of section 10a-99.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-6, S. 3, 6; P.A. 93-201, S. 19, 24.)

      History: P.A. 93-201 changed the description of the program from "scholarship" to "assistantship" and added Subsec. (b) concerning the amount and payment of assistantships under the program, effective July 1, 1993.