State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Connecticut > Title10a > Chap185 > Sec10a-41Sec. 10a-41. (Formerly Sec. 10-331g). Amount of aid to individual students. The amount of aid to be given under this program to an individual student shall be determined by the individual college or university on the basis of a needs analysis system approved by the United States Department of Education. Financial aid provided pursuant to this section in any one fiscal year shall not exceed the General Fund cost per full-time equivalent student at The University of Connecticut and in the Connecticut State University System, as determined in section 10a-39, and shall be consistent with the published student aid policies of the college or university. Grants shall be awarded only to Connecticut students attending full-time or part-time and, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall not exceed a student's financial need. Financial aid provided to Connecticut residents under this program shall be designated as a grant from the Connecticut Independent College Student Grant (C.I.C.S.G.) Program.
(1972, S.A. 53, S. 19; P.A. 75-574, S. 1; P.A. 76-410, S. 1, 4; P.A. 83-197, S. 6, 9; P.A. 85-477, S. 3, 4; P.A. 87-450, S. 6, 17; P.A. 90-147, S. 2, 20; P.A. 91-208, S. 2, 11; 91-256, S. 50, 69; P.A. 94-180, S. 3, 17.)
History: P.A. 75-574 excluded consideration of veterans' benefits in determination of amount of aid to individual students; P.A. 76-410 deleted provision re veterans' benefits; Sec. 10-331g transferred to Sec. 10a-41 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 83-197 limited aid to individual student to an amount not to exceed, for any one fiscal year, one-half of the general fund cost per full-time equivalent student at The University of Connecticut and the Connecticut State University and limited grants to Connecticut students and to such student's financial need; P.A. 85-477 amended section to limit aid to not more than "three-fourths of the general fund cost ..." and provided that financial aid under this program to be designated a grant from the Connecticut Independent College Student Grant Program; P.A. 87-450 provided that the amount of aid to be given to a student be based on a needs analysis system approved by the United States Department of Education, increased the aid limit from "three-fourths of the general fund cost ..." to "the general fund cost ...", required that student aid policies be published and clarified, that grant recipients may be either full-time or part-time students; P.A. 90-147 added an alternative method for the determination of financial need for purposes of student employment and provided that certain students employed in on-campus and off-campus community service work-study placements may earn not more than $4,000 in any year for which they receive awards; P.A. 91-208 substituted 5% for 3% and $5,000 for $4,000 in limitations on aid given by institution and on student's earnings, respectively; P.A. 91-256 made a technical change; P.A. 94-180 deleted exceptions to the determination of individual student need by the individual college or university, effective July 1, 1994.
