(a) Annual appropriations not to exceed in total one per cent of the total General Fund appropriation for the preceding year for the constituent units of the state system of higher education shall be made to said constituent units to support centers of excellence recommended for funding pursuant to section 10a-25j. The amount of funds going to any one constituent unit annually shall not exceed one per cent of the General Fund appropriation for such unit in the preceding year.

(b) The constituent units of the state system of higher education, not including Charter Oak State College, are authorized to solicit, receive and maintain funds from private sources to be used for the centers of excellence.

(P.A. 84-368, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-283, S. 2; P.A. 14-117, S. 5.)

History: Editorial addition of the phrase “of higher education” in references to board of governors was made to conform with provisions of P.A. 84-241, S. 2; P.A. 86-283 substituted “annual appropriations” for “an annual appropriation”, inserted “in total”, and provided that appropriations be made to the constituent units to support centers of excellence rather than to the department of higher education for the fund for excellence in Subsec. (a), and in Subsec. (b) substituted the constituent units for the board of governors and “centers of” for “fund for” excellence and deleted provisions re allocation of private funds; P.A. 14-117 amended Subsec. (b) to change “the Board for State Academic Awards” to “Charter Oak State College”, effective July 1, 2014.