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      Sec. 10a-39. (Formerly Sec. 10-331e). Calculation of annual appropriation. In administering sections 10a-36 to 10a-42a, inclusive, the Board of Governors of Higher Education shall annually request an appropriation for this program to be derived by: (1) Calculating the actual General Fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at The University of Connecticut and in the Connecticut State University System, by taking the actual General Fund expenditures at The University of Connecticut and for the Connecticut State University System for the fiscal year two years prior to the grant year, as reported for higher education in the annual report on the state budget prepared by the Office of Fiscal Analysis, and dividing by the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at The University of Connecticut and in the Connecticut State University System during said year as determined by the Board of Governors of Higher Education; (2) calculating the number of full-time equivalent undergraduate Connecticut students enrolled at Connecticut independent colleges and universities during the fall semester of said fiscal year; and (3) multiplying the number of full-time equivalent undergraduate Connecticut students at Connecticut independent colleges by (A) twelve and three-tenths per cent of the actual General Fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at The University of Connecticut and in the Connecticut State University System, as calculated in subdivision (1) of this section for appropriations made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1988, (B) seventeen per cent of the actual General Fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at The University of Connecticut and for the Connecticut State University System, as calculated in subdivision (1) of this section for appropriations made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, and (C) twenty-five per cent of the actual General Fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at The University of Connecticut and in the Connecticut State University System, as calculated in subdivision (1) of this section for appropriations made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and for each fiscal year thereafter.

      (1969, P.A. 627, S. 6; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 21; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 83-197, S. 4, 9; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-365, S. 8, 12; P.A. 85-477, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-450, S. 4, 17; P.A. 91-256, S. 49, 69; P.A. 01-89, S. 1, 2.)

      History: 1972 act replaced "10-331e" with "10-331h" and required estimation rather than establishment of number of undergraduates for whom places to be sought in independent colleges; P.A. 77-573 replaced commission for higher education with board of higher education; P.A. 82-218 replaced board of higher education with board of governors pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-331e transferred to Sec. 10a-39 in 1983; P.A. 83-197 deleted provisions of former section concerning duties of board re general administration of program and substituted provisions detailing method of calculating annual appropriation to be requested by the board for the program; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 84-365 deleted reference in calculation to subtraction of the Connecticut State University general fund tuition revenue for the fiscal year two years prior to the grant year, effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 85-477 applied provisions to appropriations made for FY 1985-86 and thereafter and changed formula by requiring multiplication of number of full-time equivalent undergraduate students at independent college by 8.5% rather than 7.5% of general fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at University of Connecticut or Connecticut State University; P.A. 87-450 changed formula by requiring multiplication of number of full-time equivalent undergraduate students at independent colleges by 12.3% rather than 8.5% of general fund expenditures per full-time equivalent student at The University of Connecticut and the Connecticut State University as calculated for appropriations made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1988, rather than June 30, 1986, and by 17% of such expenditures as calculated for appropriations made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, and for each fiscal year thereafter; P.A. 91-256 made technical changes; P.A. 01-89 divided Subdiv. (2) into Subparas. (A) and (B) and added Subpara. (C) re calculations for appropriations made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2001.