AN ACT CONCERNING OPEN ACCESS TO COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES.


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 40*
*February Session, 2012*		LCO No. 449
		00449_______HED
Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
Introduced by:
(HED)

AN ACT CONCERNING OPEN ACCESS TO COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) (a) Any student enrolled at a public institution of higher education may take an entry level course in a college level program offered by such institution. Such institution may recommend a student for remediation, but shall not require students to take remedial courses or enroll in a precollege remedial program.

(b) Public institutions of higher education shall offer remedial support in the classroom to students who demonstrate shortcomings in any entry level courses in a college level program.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2012	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To allow all students open access to entry level courses in a college level program and prohibit public institutions of higher education from forcing any student to enroll in a remedial course.

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