(a) For the purposes of this section, “veterinary student” means an in-state resident enrolled in an accredited veterinary graduate school.

(b) The president of The University of Connecticut shall establish and administer the Kirklyn M. Kerr program to support the veterinary medicine education of not more than five veterinary students per cohort. Each cohort may be funded for a four-year period.

(P.A. 10-3, S. 33; 10-179, S. 16; P.A. 11-48, S. 285; 11-70, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 221.)

History: P.A. 10-3 effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) to change “provide grants to” to “support the veterinary medicine education of” and require written commitment to work in state for 5 years or agreement to repay cost of veterinary medicine education in order to participate in program, amended Subsec. (c) to replace provisions re practicing at a later date and grant repayment with provision re commissioner to determine manner of repayment of state support, deleted Subsec. (d) re manner of repayment and made conforming changes throughout, effective May 7, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Commissioner of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-70 added new Subsec. (a) defining “veterinary student”, redesignated existing Subsec. (a) as Subsec. (b) and amended same to delete requirements re participation in program, repayment of state support and definition of “veterinary student” and deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re support, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “The University of Connecticut”, effective July 1, 2012.