There is hereby created a nonprofit corporation which shall be known as the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation, and shall be a subsidiary of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority. The purpose of said corporation shall be to improve educational opportunity and promote repayment of loans. Improving educational opportunity shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Guaranteeing loans for persons to assist them in meeting the expenses of education, including alternative loans and loans that are governed by Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as from time to time amended; (2) lending funds or acquiring loans made to persons to assist them in meeting the expenses of education, including alternative loans and loans that are governed by Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as from time to time amended; and (3) providing appropriate services incident to the administration of programs which are established to improve educational opportunities, all in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Said corporation shall be exempt from all requirements of chapter 602.

(February, 1965, P.A. 491, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 3, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 660, S. 1; P.A. 79-416, S. 1, 4; P.A. 80-226, S. 1; P.A. 84-390, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-306, S. 1; P.A. 94-180, S. 14, 17; 94-245, S. 38, 46; P.A. 96-256, S. 182, 209; P.A. 04-225, S. 1; P.A. 07-109, S. 1; P.A. 14-217, S. 41.)

History: 1967 act substituted Student Loan Foundation for Foundation for Financial Assistance to Higher Education and exempted Foundation from requirements of chapter 600; 1969 act deleted “higher” in description of educational opportunities, substituted “eligible institutions” for “colleges” and “postsecondary” for “higher” education; P.A. 79-416 included under provisions nonresidents who attend or plan to attend eligible institutions in the state; P.A. 80-226 required Foundation to provide services incident to administration and repayment of loans; Sec. 10-358 transferred to Sec. 10a-201 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 84-390 simplified language of requirements for loan eligibility and extended eligibility to those who receive loans from an eligible lender transacting business in this state; P.A. 87-306 inserted Subdiv. and Subpara. designations and provided that improving educational opportunity includes guaranteeing loans to residents attending or planning to attend out-of-state institutions, lending funds to assist persons in meeting the expenses of postsecondary education, and providing services to administer the programs to improve educational opportunities, rather than services for loan administration and repayment, provided that an eligible lender need not be one who transacts business in the state and made technical changes; P.A. 94-180 expanded the purpose of the corporation to include the promotion of repayment of loans, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 94-245 amended Subdiv. (3) to add acquiring loans, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 96-256 replaced reference to Ch. 600 with Ch. 602, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 04-225 deleted former Subdiv. (1) re guaranteeing loans to persons who are attending or plan to attend eligible institutions in or outside the state or who receive loans made by an eligible lender, redesignated existing Subdivs. (2), (3) and (4) as new Subdivs. (1), (2) and (3), and eliminated reference to “postsecondary” in said Subdivs. (1) and (2), effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 07-109 amended Subdivs. (1) and (2) to add provisions re alternative loans, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 14-217 added provision re corporation to be a subsidiary of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, effective July 1, 2014.