Connecticut § 10-220q - Calculation of unweighted grade point average for Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program.

§ 10-220q. Calculation of unweighted grade point average for Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program.

Sec. 10-220q. Calculation of unweighted grade point average for Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, for the purpose of qualifying a student for the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program, established pursuant to section 10a-11h, each local and regional board of education shall (1) calculate the unweighted grade point average for each student who completes eleventh grade, and (2) determine whether such student's unweighted grade point average is above or below the minimum established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h. Each local and regional board of education shall share a student's unweighted grade point average and whether such grade point average is above or below the minimum established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education with (A) the student, (B) the student's parent or guardian, (C) the Department of Education, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, and (D) upon the student's request, a participating institution for the purposes of applying to such participating institution under the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a local or regional board of education to publish on a student's transcript the unweighted grade point average calculated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or whether such grade point average is above or below the minimum established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h.

(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board education shall notify each student enrolled in his or her final year of high school, and the parent or guardian of such student, whether such student may be admitted to at least one participating institution under the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program based on the academic threshold established by such institution pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 258; P.A. 24-47, S. 2.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 24-47 amended Subsec. (a) to replace requirements to calculate grade point average using a standardized method and determine class rank percentile with requirements to calculate unweighted grade point average and determining whether such grade point average is above or below the minimum for the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program, and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2024.