(a) Subject to state-wide policy and guidelines established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education, the board of trustees shall provide for the administration of the Connecticut State University System, plan for the expansion and development of the institutions within its jurisdiction, and submit such plans to the Commissioner of Administrative Services for review and recommendations. The Commissioner of Administrative Services upon request of the board of trustees shall, in accordance with section 4b-30, negotiate and execute leases on such physical facilities as the board of trustees may deem necessary for proper operation of such institutions, and the board of trustees may, with the permission of the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the State Properties Review Board, expend capital funds therefor if such leasing is required during the planning and construction phases of institutions within its jurisdiction for which such capital funds were authorized. Subject to such policies as may be established by the board of trustees, the chief executive officer of each institution within the jurisdiction of the board may make buildings and other facilities under its control available to nonprofit and other organizations or to individuals for temporary uses not inconsistent with the educational purpose of the institution. The board of trustees may appoint or remove the chief executive officer of each institution within its jurisdiction, and with respect to its own operation the board of trustees may appoint and remove executive staff. The board of trustees may employ faculty and other personnel needed to maintain and operate the institutions within its jurisdiction. Within the limitation of appropriations, the board of trustees shall fix the compensation of such personnel, establish terms and conditions of employment and prescribe their duties and qualifications. The board of trustees shall determine who constitutes its professional staff and establish compensation and classification schedules for its professional staff. The board of trustees shall annually submit to the Commissioner of Administrative Services a list of the positions which it has included within the professional staff. The board of trustees may appoint one or more physicians for the Connecticut State University System and shall provide such physicians with suitable facilities for the performance of such duties as it prescribes. Subject to state-wide policy and guidelines established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education, the board of trustees shall: (1) Make rules for the government of the Connecticut State University System and shall determine the general policies of the university system, including those concerning the admission of students and the expenditure of the funds of institutions under its jurisdiction within the amounts available; (2) develop the mission statement for the university system which shall include, but not be limited to the following elements: (A) The educational needs of and constituencies served by the institutions within its jurisdiction; (B) the degrees offered by such institutions; and (C) the role and scope of each institution within the university system, which shall include each institution's particular strengths and specialties; (3) establish policies for the university system and for the individual institutions under its jurisdiction; (4) make institutional mergers or closures; (5) coordinate the programs and services of the institutions under its jurisdiction; (6) be authorized to enter into agreements, consistent with the provisions of section 5-141d, to save harmless and indemnify sponsors of research grants to institutions under its jurisdiction, provided such an agreement is required to receive the grant and limits liability to damages or injury resulting from acts or omissions related to such research by employees of such institutions; (7) promote fund-raising by the institutions under its jurisdiction in order to assist such institutions and report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education by January 1, 1994, and biennially thereafter, on all such fund-raising; and (8) charge the direct costs for a building project under its jurisdiction to the bond fund account for such project, provided (A) such costs are charged in accordance with a procedure approved by the Treasurer; and (B) nothing in this subdivision shall permit the charging of working capital, as defined in the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, or costs originally paid from sources other than the bond fund account.

(b) The board of trustees shall: (1) Review and approve institutional budget requests and prepare and submit to the Board of Governors of Higher Education, in accordance with the provisions of section 10a-8, the budget request for the Connecticut State University System; and (2) propose facility planning and capital expenditure budget priorities for the institutions under its jurisdiction. The board may request authority from the Treasurer to issue payment for claims against the state university system, other than a payment for payroll, debt service payable on state bonds to bondholders, paying agents, or trustees, or any payment the source of which includes the proceeds of a state bond issue.

(February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 30; 1967, P.A. 751, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 530, S. 10; 592, S. 3; P.A. 73-214, S. 4; P.A. 75-425, S. 26, 57; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; 77-614, S. 67, 73, 610; P.A. 78-331, S. 47, 58; P.A. 81-275, S. 1; P.A. 82-218, S. 16, 39, 46; P.A. 83-587, S. 22, 96; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-496, S. 57, 110; P.A. 91-174, S. 9, 16; 91-230, S. 13, 17; 91-256, S. 21, 69; 91-349, S. 2, 8; P.A. 93-201, S. 12, 24; P.A. 94-180, S. 12, 17; 94-245, S. 27, 46; P.A. 97-293, S. 16, 26; P.A. 07-19, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 221; 11-51, S. 44.)

History: 1967 act gave additional powers to board, including planning expansion and development, leasing power, power to employ executive secretary, executive staff and faculty and powers to select and acquire sites and construct buildings subject to approval of commission for higher education; 1969 acts removed five-year limit on leases, added provisions concerning professional staff and allowed board to use capital funds for leases during planning and construction phases of institutions; P.A. 73-214 transferred leasing power to commissioner of public works, although board retained power to decide when lease necessary and whether capital funds should be used; P.A. 75-425 required approval of expansion and development plans by public works commissioner and state properties review board, required permission of public works commissioner and properties review board for expenditure of capital funds and transferred site selection and acquisition and building construction powers to public works commissioner; P.A. 77-573 substituted board of higher education for commission for higher education; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for personnel policy board and public works commissioner; P.A. 78-331 specified board of trustees to avoid confusion with board of higher education; P.A. 81-275 permitted board to make buildings and facilities available to certain organizations or individuals for temporary uses consistent with the colleges' educational purposes; P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, replacing board of higher education with board of governors, and renaming state colleges as Connecticut State University, adding provisions concerning trustees' duties re state-wide policy and guidelines and re budget requests, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-109b transferred to Sec. 10a-89 in 1983; P.A. 83-587 replaced references to state college system with references to Connecticut State University; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors' title; P.A. 87-496 substituted public works commissioner for administrative services commissioner; P.A. 91-174 in Subsec. (a) added new Subdiv. concerning fund-raising; P.A. 91-230 in Subsec. (a) removed requirement for the board of governors to approve expansion and development plans and substituted provision for the board to review and make recommendations on the plans; P.A. 91-256 made technical changes and in Subsec. (b) added provision for the board to request authority to issue payment for claims against the state university system; P.A. 91-349 added new Subdiv. in Subsec. (a) concerning research grants; P.A. 93-201 amended Subsec. (a) to delete authority for the development of plans for a new state university and to make technical changes, amended Subdiv. (8) of said Subsec. to require report and added Subdiv. (9) re charging the bond fund account for the direct costs of a building project, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-180 amended Subdiv. (8) of Subsec. (a) to add the prohibition against direct fund-raising by the board except for the purposes described in Subparas. (A) and (B), effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 94-245 substituted “provide for the administration” for “administer” and changed the holder of the authority for making buildings and other facilities available to nonprofit and other organizations or individuals from the board to the chief executive officer of each institution subject to such policies as may be established by the board, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 97-293 amended Subsec. (a) to remove a requirement for approval of plans by the Commissioner of Public Works and the State Properties Review Board and to substitute submission of plans to the Commissioner of Public Works for review and recommendations, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 07-19 amended Subsec. (a) to redesignate executive secretary as chancellor and make technical changes, effective May 7, 2007; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) to replace references to Board of Governors of Higher Education with references to Board of Regents for Higher Education, remove provisions re chancellor, executive staff, Commissioner of Higher Education and approvals by the Board of Governors of Higher Education, and make conforming changes, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2011.

Annotation to former section 10-109b:

Cited. 178 C. 579; decision overruled to the extent it maintains that sovereign immunity invariably bars suits against state for prospective injunctive relief of alleged constitutional violations unless such suits also request declaratory relief, see 184 C. 339.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 190 C. 39.