The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System shall maintain: Western Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State University, Eastern Connecticut State University and Central Connecticut State University. The board of trustees shall offer curricula which shall prepare persons who have successfully completed the same to teach in the schools of the state at any of said institutions as the board shall deem appropriate and, in addition, programs of study in academic and career fields, provided the board of trustees shall submit to the Board of Regents for Higher Education for review and approval recommendations for program terminations at any of said institutions in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10a-6. The board of trustees shall establish policies which protect academic freedom and the content of course and degree programs, provided such policies shall be consistent with state-wide policy and guidelines established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education. Each of said institutions shall confer such degrees in education and in academic and career fields as are appropriate to the curricula of said institution and as are usually conferred by the institutions; honorary degrees may be conferred by said institutions upon approval of each honorary degree recipient by the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System.

(1949 Rev., S. 1412, 1420; 1959, P.A. 411, S. 6; February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 31; 1967, P.A. 142, S. 1; 296, S. 1; P.A. 82-218, S. 14, 46; 82-391, S. 1, 2, 6; P.A. 83-576, S. 1, 5; P.A. 84-87, S. 4, 7; 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 89-237, S. 8, 11; P.A. 91-256, S. 52, 69; P.A. 12-156, S. 45; P.A. 13-247, S. 185.)

History: 1959 act changed names of schools from teachers college to state college and authorized conferring of degrees in academic fields; 1965 act substituted board of trustees of the state colleges for state board of education and made technical language changes to simplify and clarify provisions; 1967 acts renamed Danbury State College as Western Connecticut State College and Willimantic State College as Eastern Connecticut State College; P.A. 82-218 and P.A. 82-391 reorganized state system of higher education, granting state colleges university status, designating them as the Connecticut State University and adding provisions requiring that program terminations be reviewed and approved by board of governors, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-109 transferred to Sec. 10a-87 in 1983; P.A. 83-576 added provisions permitting awarding of honorary degrees and prohibiting denial of access to armed forces representatives; P.A. 84-87 repealed language prohibiting board from denying military recruiters the opportunity to recruit on campus; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors' title; P.A. 89-237 added career fields as programs of study offered by the board of trustees and as degrees which may be conferred; P.A. 91-256 made technical changes; P.A. 12-156 replaced “Board of Governors of Higher Education” with “Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-247 changed “subdivision (8)” to “subdivision (7)” re reference to Sec. 10a-6(a), effective July 1, 2013.

Cited. 2 CA 196.