There shall be a state system of public higher education to consist of (1) The University of Connecticut and all campuses thereof, and (2) the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, which include (A) the state universities, which shall be known collectively as the Connecticut State University System, (B) the regional community-technical colleges, which shall be known collectively as the regional community-technical college system, and (C) Charter Oak State College. “Constituent units” as used in the general statutes means those units in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section.

(P.A. 77-573, S. 1, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 1, 46; P.A. 89-260, S. 8, 41; P.A. 91-256, S. 45, 69; P.A. 92-126, S. 19, 48; P.A. 94-245, S. 12, 46; P.A. 11-48, S. 285; 11-70, S. 3; P.A. 14-117, S. 2; P.A. 16-15, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 82-218 reorganized state system of higher education, designating state colleges as Connecticut State University and including department of higher education within state system of higher education, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-322a transferred to Sec. 10a-1 in 1983; P.A. 89-260 substituted “regional technical colleges” for “state technical colleges” and the combined regional technical colleges into one constituent unit; P.A. 91-256 made a technical change; P.A. 92-126 replaced references to community colleges and technical colleges with reference to community-technical colleges; P.A. 94-245 made a technical change, effective June 2, 1994; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Department of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-70 replaced “branches” with “campuses” in Subdiv. (1); P.A. 14-117 changed “the Board for State Academic Awards” to “Charter Oak State College”, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 16-15 amended Subdiv. (2) to add reference to Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, add Subpara. (A) designator in provision re Connecticut State University System and amend same to replace “state colleges” with “state universities”, redesignated Subdiv. (3) as Subpara. (B) and amended same to add “which shall be known collectively as the regional community-technical college system, and”, redesignated Subdiv. (4) re Charter Oak State College as Subpara. (C), deleted former Subdiv. (5) re staff of Board of Regents for Higher Education and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2016.