(a) Not later than October 1, 1995, and semiannually thereafter, the university shall report to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Education, to finance, revenue and bonding, and to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the status and progress of UConn 2000. Each report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Information on the number of projects and securities authorized, approved and issued hereunder including, relative to such projects, project costs, timeliness of completion and any problems which have developed in implementation, and a schedule of projects remaining and their expected costs; (2) the amount of revenue available from all sources for such remaining projects and expected receipts for such remaining projects for the succeeding four quarters; (3) the amount of money raised from private sources for the capital and endowment programs and the progress made in the development and implementation of the fund-raising program; and (4) any cooperative activities with other public and independent institutions of higher education commenced in the preceding six months. Each such report shall, for the preceding six-month period, (A) specify the moneys credited to such fund on account of, or derived from, each source of state and federal revenue, (B) specify the amount of investment earnings from the fund, (C) specify the moneys from such fund applied and expended for (i) the payment of debt service requirements, (ii) the payment of the principal of and interest on securities issued hereunder and general obligation bonds of the state issued for university capital improvement purposes, and (iii) each budgeted account under the annual budget appropriation made to the university.

(b) Commencing January 1, 2000, the first semiannual report in each year submitted in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall include such information as requested by the bonding subcommittee of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, commerce and higher education including but not limited to: (1) The use of bond funds in the current fiscal year, (2) projected use of bond funds for the next succeeding fiscal year, (3) an updated master plan for the balance of the project, and (4) the use of Connecticut-owned businesses, including businesses owned by women and minorities. In the event that said bonding subcommittee determines that there has been a significant change in the economic circumstances of the state sufficient to warrant recommendations for modification of the program, the subcommittee may make recommendations for appropriate action to said committee.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, the university shall report, in accordance with the provisions of § 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, commerce and higher education on its progress toward achieving the goals set forth in the plan developed pursuant to § 10a-109oo. The report shall include a summary of the research and economic development activities of the university, including, but not limited to, (1) research proposals, research awards and research expenditures; (2) student applications, student enrollment and degrees awarded at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels; (3) industry partnerships including joint projects, consortium projects and incubator support; (4) a summary of university and joint university-industry intellectual property activities, including the number of disclosures, patents, licenses, new businesses and entrepreneurial activities established with university technologies; and (5) identification of research and innovation benchmarks and an analysis of the university’s progress in meeting such benchmarks in comparison to nationally ranked research universities.