Substitute for S.B. No. 8
Session Year 2023


AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY AND GRADUATE RETENTION.

To (1) extend the debt-free community college program to returning students, (2) increase the amount of minimum grants under the debt-free community college program, (3) reallocate ARPA funds under the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program to the Connecticut State University System, (4) require the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority to establish a Student Loan Subsidy Program to reduce the interest rate on authority loans to individuals employed in certain high-demand professions, and (5) provide a tax deduction to residents of the state who paid interest on student loans during the taxable year.


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  Community colleges 

  Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority 

  Federal aid 

 

  Income tax deductions (State) 

 

  Interest 

  State bonds for education 

 

  State universities 

  Student financial aid 

  Student loans 

 

  University of Connecticut 

 

  Workforce Strategy, Office of 

  Connecticut State Colleges and Universities 

 

  Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program