Connecticut General Statutes 10-220q – Calculation of grade point average and determination of class rank percentile 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 § 10a-11h, each local and regional board of education shall (1) calculate a grade point average using the standardized method established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of § 10a-11h, for each student who completes eleventh grade, and (2) determine whether such student’s class rank percentile is above or below the minimum established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of § 10a-11h. Each local and regional board of education shall share a student’s grade point average and whether such student is above or below the minimum class rank percentile 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.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 10-220q
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a local or regional board of education to publish or provide a class ranking for any student or to publish on a student’s transcript the grade point average calculated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or whether such student is above or below the minimum class rank percentile established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of § 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 § 10a-11h.