(a) For the purposes of this section, sections 10a-77, 10a-99 and 10a-105, and this part: (1) A “full-time student” means a student who has been registered and who has been accepted for matriculation at a constituent unit of the state system of higher education in a course of study leading to an associate, bachelor or advanced degree or whose course of instruction or credit hour load indicates pursuit toward a degree; (2) “tuition” means a direct charge for institutional programs, which is clearly delineated from any other fees.

(b) In order to defray part of the cost of the higher education institutional programs at the constituent units of the state system of higher education, tuition shall be charged as provided in said sections 10a-77, 10a-99 and 10a-105 for each full-time student or shall be prorated in the case of a student carrying less than seventy-five per cent of the credit hours defined as a full-time load by the institution. Any person enrolled in and paying extension fees for a course in an educational extension program or a summer session shall not be charged tuition for such course.

(c) Fees charged for educational extension programs and for summer school sessions under sections 10a-77, 10a-99 and 10a-105 shall not be deemed to be tuition within the meaning of this section.

(1969, P.A. 812, S. 7–11; June, 1971, P.A. 5, S. 126; P.A. 73-474, S. 8, 9; P.A. 74-120; P.A. 81-468, S. 1, 11; P.A. 82-373, S. 2, 4; P.A. 84-365, S. 1, 12; P.A. 91-256, S. 12, 69; P.A. 92-126, S. 36, 48.)

History: 1971 act amended Subsec. (a) to extend applicability to Secs. 10-38h, 10-108c, 10-116 and 10-119a, to redefine “out-of-state student” in terms of legal address at time of application rather than at time of acceptance or registration and to clarify effect of established status of student, amended Subsec. (b) to substitute “tuition ... as provided in sections 10-38h, 10-108c, 10-116 and 10-119a” for specific sum of $150 per semester, to delete references to “out-of-state” students and to replace “exempt from the payment of tuition under this section” with “charged the same tuition as is payable by a resident of this state”, amended Subsec. (c) to change beginning date for tuition charge from fall semester of 1970-71 college year to semester beginning in January, 1972, and to delete reference to tuition being in addition to fees or differential rates charged during 1969-70 college year and deleted Subsec. (e) re refunds of tuition; P.A. 73-474 amended Subsec. (a) to delete definitions of “constituent unit of the state system of higher education” and “out-of-state student” and to delete provision re status enacted in 1971; P.A. 74-120 amended Subsec. (b) to exempt persons paying extension fees from tuition charge; P.A. 81-468 established tuition funds for The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, which funds are exempt from requirement that funds received for tuition be deposited to resources of general fund, effective July 1, 1981, and replaced reference to “instructional programs” with reference to “institutional programs”; P.A. 82-373 deleted provision in Subsec. (b) setting tuition for residents of other New England states at rate paid by Connecticut residents under New England Board of Higher Education Compact; Sec. 10-329b transferred to Sec. 10a-26 in 1983; P.A. 84-365 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) deleting provision re deposit of amounts charged for tuition in general fund; P.A. 91-256 deleted obsolete Subsec. (c) relettered Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c) and made technical changes; P.A. 92-126 removed references to repealed Sec. 10a-83.