(a) Beginning on January 1, 2012, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall serve as the Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges. The Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges that is in office on June 30, 2011, shall remain in office until December 31, 2011, to provide assistance in transitioning duties and responsibilities to the Board of Regents for Higher Education during the period of July 1, 2011, to December 31, 2011. For the transition period of July 1, 2011, to December 31, 2011, any action of the Board of Trustees shall not be final until ratified by the Board of Regents for Higher Education. Until December 31, 2011, there shall be a Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges consisting, except as otherwise provided in this section, of twenty-four persons, twenty-two to be appointed by the Governor, who shall reflect the state's geographic, racial and ethnic diversity, one of whom shall be a regional community college or regional community-technical college alumnus and one of whom shall be a regional technical college or regional community-technical college alumnus and two to be elected by the students enrolled at the institutions under the jurisdiction of said board. Except as otherwise provided, members appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of six years each from July first in the year of their appointment. On or before August 15, 1989, the Governor shall appoint one member who shall be a regional technical or community-technical college alumnus for a term which shall expire on June 30, 1995, to replace the regional community college alumnus whose term expires June 30, 1989, and eight members who shall have expertise and experience in business, labor, industry or the technical occupations, three for terms which shall expire on June 30, 1991, three for terms which shall expire on June 30, 1993, and two for terms which shall expire June 30, 1995. Thereafter the Governor shall appoint members of said board to succeed those appointees whose terms expire, except that (1) with respect to the members of such board of trustees who were members of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Community Colleges prior to July 1, 1989, the Governor shall appoint two members to replace the four members whose terms expire on June 30, 1991, and shall appoint four members, one of whom shall be a regional community or community-technical college alumnus, to replace the five members whose terms expire on June 30, 1993, and (2) with respect to the members of the board appointed on or after July 1, 1989, and on or before August 15, 1989, the Governor shall appoint one member to replace the three members whose terms expire on June 30, 1991, and shall appoint two members to replace the three members whose terms expire on June 30, 1993. On and after July 1, 1993, the board shall at all times include at least six members who have expertise and experience in business, labor or industry. On and after July 1, 1999, the board shall at all times include at least one member from each county in which a community-technical college is located. On and after July 1, 2010, the board shall at all times include at least two members who have, through education or experience, an understanding of relevant accounting principles and practices and financial statements.

(b) On or before November 1, 1975, the students enrolled at the institutions under the jurisdiction of said board shall, in such manner as said board shall determine, elect two members of said board, each of whom shall be enrolled for at least six credits at an institution under the jurisdiction of said board at the time of his election. One such member shall be elected for a term of one year from November 1, 1975, and one for a term of two years from said date. On or before November first, and annually thereafter, such students shall, in such manner as the board shall determine, elect one member of said board, who shall be so enrolled at any such institution at the time of his election and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election, except that the term of the regional community college student whose term expires on October 31, 1989, shall expire on July 1, 1989, and the student member of the Board of Trustees of the State Technical Colleges prior to July 1, 1989, whose term was to expire on October 31, 1989, shall, on July 1, 1989, be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges until October 31, 1989. The regional community college student whose term expires on October 31, 1990, shall continue as a member of said board until said date. On and after July 1, 1989, the student members of said board shall be elected as follows: (1) (A) On or before November 1, 1989, and until July 1, 1993, students enrolled at the regional technical colleges shall, in such manner as the board shall determine, elect one member of said board, who shall be enrolled for at least six credits at a regional technical college at the time of his election and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election, and (B) on or before November 1, 1990, students enrolled at the regional community colleges shall, in such manner as the board of trustees shall determine, elect one member of said board who shall be enrolled for at least six credits at a regional community college at the time of his election and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election. (2) On and after July 1, 1993, the student members of the board shall be elected as follows: (A) On or before November 1, 1993, and biennially thereafter, students enrolled in the institutions under the jurisdiction of the board shall, in such manner as the board shall determine, elect one member of the board, who shall be enrolled for at least six credits in a technical program at such an institution and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election, and (B) on or before November 1, 1994, and biennially thereafter, students enrolled in the institutions under the jurisdiction of the board shall, in such manner as the board shall determine, elect one member of the board, who shall be enrolled for at least six credits in a nontechnical program at such an institution and who shall serve for a term of two years from November first in the year of his election.

(c) The Governor shall, pursuant to section 4-9a, appoint the chairperson of the board. The board shall, biennially, elect from its members such other officers as it deems necessary. The Governor shall fill any vacancies in the appointed membership of said board by appointment for the balance of the unexpired term. Any vacancies in the elected membership of said board shall be filled by special election for the balance of the unexpired term. The members of said board shall receive no compensation for their services as such but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses in the course of their duties.

(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 21; P.A. 75-262, S. 1; 75-504, S. 1, 5; P.A. 82-218, S. 7, 46; P.A. 83-222, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-260, S. 13, 41; P.A. 92-126, S. 1, 48; P.A. 93-201, S. 23, 24; P.A. 95-259, S. 23, 32; P.A. 06-34, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 216.)

History: P.A. 75-262 increased membership of board from 12 to 14 in order to accommodate student members authorized by provisions of the act, deleted obsolete provisions for first appointments applicable when board was established and clarified procedure for filling vacancies by distinguishing between members appointed by governor and elected student members; P.A. 75-504 increased membership to 16, two to be community college alumni appointed by the governor, and included provisions regarding their appointment and terms; P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, amending section to require that board members reflect state's geographic, racial and ethnic diversity, to replace prior appointment provisions and to require governor to appoint chairman where previously board elected its own chairman, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-38b transferred to Sec. 10a-71 in 1983; P.A. 83-222 made part-time students eligible for election as members of the board; P.A. 89-260 added Subsec. designations, in Subsec. (a) substituted “there shall be” for “there shall continue to be” and “board of trustees of community-technical colleges” for “board of trustees of regional community colleges,” increased the membership of the board from 16 to 24 with the number of members decreasing in 1991 and 1993, shortened the term of the regional community college alumnus which was to expire on June 30, 1991, and provided that certain members have expertise and experience in business, labor, industry or the technical occupations, in Subsec. (b) shortened the term of the regional community college student which was to expire on October 31, 1989, made one of the student members of the board of trustees of the state technical colleges a member of the board and amended procedures for the election of student members to the board and made technical changes; P.A. 92-126 amended Subsec. (a) to include community-technical college alumni and to remove obsolete language; P.A. 93-201 amended Subsec. (b) to make Subdiv. (1) and (2) Subparas. (A) and (B) of Subdiv. (1) and to add Subdiv. (2) on the election of student members on and after July 1, 1993, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-259 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision requiring that on and after July 1, 1999, the board include at least one member from each county in which a community-technical college is located, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 06-34 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring, on and after July 1, 2010, that at least two members have an understanding of accounting and financial statements, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) to replace Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges with Board of Regents for Higher Education serving as board of trustees beginning on January 1, 2012, and create a transition period through December 31, 2011, during which the Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges shall remain in office, effective July 1, 2011.