CT HB05415

Institutions of higher education offering athletic scholarships must create a "Student Athletes' Right to Know" hyperlink on their official athletic website by January 1, 2012, containing comprehensive scholarship and eligibility information.

Institutions must disclose cost of attendance expenses, gaps between full cost and NCAA-allowed scholarship amounts, and policies on summer school scholarships and off-campus living arrangements.

Institutions must explain NCAA rules regarding verbal commitments, National Letters of Intent, binding agreements, penalties for non-enrollment, and consequences of signing more athletes than available scholarships.

Institutions must detail their policies on athletic scholarship renewal, including conditions for non-renewal due to injury, coaching changes, or underperformance, and must disclose NCAA scholarship duration policies.

Institutions must disclose policies on payment for athletically-related medical expenses, insurance coverage, deductibles, copayments, duration of coverage after eligibility expires, and access to second medical opinions from non-program physicians.