Bill Summary: HB 5032 - Higher Education Statutes Revisions

• Replaces references to "Board of Regents for Higher Education" with "Office of Higher Education" and "executive director" throughout Connecticut higher education statutes to reflect organizational restructuring.

• Modifies private occupational school regulations by transferring oversight authority from the State Board of Education to the Office of Higher Education's executive director.

• Updates endowment fund provisions for community colleges, state universities, UConn, and Charter Oak State College to reference the Office of Higher Education rather than the Board of Regents for administration of state matching grants.

• Repeals sections 10a-23, 10a-24, and 10a-53 and removes obsolete references to the "Connecticut Institute of Municipal Studies" (replaced with "Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at Central Connecticut State University").

• Clarifies that both the Board of Regents for Higher Education and Office of Higher Education are designated as the State Postsecondary Education Commission for planning and receiving federal funds for higher education programs.