The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges, upon the recommendation of the chief executive officers of the regional community-technical colleges, shall appoint for each regional community-technical college a regional council, representative of the geographical area served. Each such council shall advise the board and the chief executive officer of each regional community-technical college with respect to appropriate educational programs to meet the needs of the communities in the region which it represents.

(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 23; 1967, P.A. 751, S. 2; P.A. 89-260, S. 21, 41; P.A. 92-126, S. 23, 48.)

History: 1967 act made board of trustees, rather than commission for higher education, responsible for appointment of regional councils, required consideration of recommendations from boards of education in area in making appointments and made councils responsible for advising board of appropriate educational programs to meet community needs rather than advising “in budget preparation and the development of policies for the effective operation of the institution”; Sec. 10-38d transferred to Sec. 10a-73 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 89-260 made the appointment of regional councils mandatory, provided that the appointment be made by “the board of trustees of the community-technical colleges, upon the recommendation of the chief executive officers of the regional community colleges”, rather than by “the board of trustees of the regional community colleges”, deleted the provision that in making the appointments due consideration be given to certain boards of education, required the councils to advise the board and the chief executive officer of each regional community college and made a technical change; P.A. 92-126 changed the references to “community college” to “community-technical college”.