CT HB05496

Effective July 1, 2014, public institutions of higher education must offer embedded remedial support within entry-level college courses for students determined to likely succeed with supplemental assistance.

Institutions must offer one intensive semester of remedial support for students assessed as below the skill level needed for college work, which students may repeat according to institutional policy.

Students determined unable to succeed even with intensive remedial support must complete a transitional college readiness program before receiving embedded or intensive remedial support.

Public institutions may offer only remedial support authorized under this act—embedded support, intensive semester support, or transitional college readiness programs—eliminating previous allowances for non-embedded remedial courses.

The Board of Regents for Higher Education must develop transitional college readiness program options and may enter into memoranda of understanding with the State Department of Education to deliver such programs enabling adults to enroll in higher education.