The Board of Regents for Higher Education, in consultation with the State Board of Examiners for Nursing and the Commissioner of Public Health, shall administer a scholarship program for nursing education within the state and shall establish a program for the forgiveness of loans provided by the state to residents for nursing education within the state. The loans shall be forgiven if the resident remains in the nursing field in Connecticut for five years. For purposes of this section, “nursing education” includes any program of study and courses taken to enter or to advance in the profession or to upgrade knowledge and skills. The board of regents, in consultation with the State Board of Examiners for Nursing and the Commissioner of Public Health, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish procedures to administer the scholarship program for nursing education and the program for the forgiveness of loans provided by the state to residents for nursing education.
(P.A. 88-207, S. 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-48, S. 285.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 186 - State Financial Assistance
Section 10a-161a. - Report on trends in attendance cost and student financial aid.
Section 10a-161b. - Student Financial Aid Information Council.
Section 10a-161c. - Report on institutional financial aid to undergraduate students.
Section 10a-164. (Formerly Sec. 10-116o). - State supplemental grant program.
Section 10a-164a. - Connecticut aid to public college students grant program.
Section 10a-165. (Formerly Sec. 10-116p). - Work-study programs.
Section 10a-167. (Formerly Sec. 10-116r). - Scholarships for Vietnam era veterans.
Section 10a-168a. - Minority teacher incentive program.
Section 10a-168b. - Minority educator loan reimbursement grant program.
Section 10a-169. - Capitol scholarship grant program.
Section 10a-169a. - Information technology scholarship pilot program.
Section 10a-169b. - Information technology loan reimbursement pilot program.
Section 10a-170w. - Gear up for Connecticut futures account.
Section 10a-171. - Transfer of functions.
Section 10a-172. - Information re students receiving financial aid from certain grants. Report.
Section 10a-173. - Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program.