Substitute House Bill No. 6491
AN ACT REQUIRING A REPORT FROM THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT REGARDING ADMINISTRATORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2013) (a) For purposes of this section, "administrator" means a full-time employee who is, as of November first in the year preceding the year in which the report required under subsection (d) of this section is due, in a position on the payroll that qualifies as a management occupation classification in accordance with the standard occupational classification system of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2014, and biennially thereafter, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall compare (1) the salaries of the administrators at each public institution of higher education within the Connecticut State University System and the regional-community technical college system with the salaries of administrators with similar responsibilities at peer public institutions of higher education in the United States, (2) the ratio of administrators to students and of administrators to faculty at each public institution of higher education within the Connecticut State University System and the regional-community technical college system with the ratio of administrators to students and of administrators to faculty at peer public institutions of higher education in the United States, and (3) the salaries of the administrators in the central office of the Board of Regents for Higher Education with the salaries of administrators with similar responsibilities in the central office of similar state university systems in the United States.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2014, and biennially thereafter, the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut shall compare (1) the salaries of administrators at The University of Connecticut with the salaries of administrators with similar responsibilities at peer public institutions of higher education in the United States, and (2) the ratio of administrators to students and of administrators to faculty at The University of Connecticut with the ratio of administrators to students and of administrators to faculty at peer public institutions of higher education in the United States.
(d) Upon completion of the biennial comparisons made pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on such comparisons to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and appropriations.
Approved June 25, 2013