§ 10a-48a — Student community service fellowship program.

Connecticut § 10a-48a

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 10a: State System of Higher Education
• Ch. 185: Administration of State System

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There is established within the Office of Higher Education a student community service fellowship program to develop community service leadership and activities for students at institutions of higher education in the state. For each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated the program shall provide a fellowship or fellowships. Fellowships shall be awarded for one academic year, except that fellowships to undergraduate students shall be awarded on a semester basis. Fellowship recipients shall work throughout the state to develop and coordinate programs in which students provide community service, train students who are providing or are interested in providing community service, be responsible for publicizing opportunities for students to provide community service, work with faculty and administrators at institutions of higher education in the state to promote student community service and assist in the implementation of the provisions of section 10a-48. To be eligible for a fellowship pursuant to this subsection, an applicant's residence shall be as defined in section 10a-28.

Legislative History

(P.A. 88-252, S. 1, 6; P.A. 90-339, S. 2, 6; P.A. 91-208, S. 4, 11; P.A. 11-48, S. 254; P.A. 12-156, S. 56; P.A. 13-247, S. 177.) History: P.A. 90-339 deleted Subsec. (b) and (c) designations and added new Subsec. (b) re coordinator for student community service; P.A. 91-208 in Subsec. (a) removed provision limiting fellowships to “two” language specifying that one fellowship be for an undergraduate or recent graduate of an institution of higher education in the state and one fellowship be for a faculty member or administrator of such an institution; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Department of Higher Education” with “Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 12-156, “Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Office of Higher Education” in Subsec. (a), effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-247 deleted former Subsec. (b) re coordinator for student community service and deleted Subsec. (a) designator, effective July 1, 2013.