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Committee advances accountability bill tightening purchasing, residency and transparency rules for state higher education institutions
Summary
Lawmakers advanced a package of accountability measures that would impose new controls on purchasing cards, require additional reporting to state oversight offices and add a residency requirement for certain future hires at public institutions after lawmakers cited recent audits and press reporting about questionable spending.
The committee advanced a comprehensive higher-education management and fiscal-accountability bill (LCO 5578) intended to strengthen oversight of Connecticut’s public higher-education institutions.
Sponsors framed the measure as a response to audit reports and press coverage alleging questionable spending practices by system leadership. The bill includes multiple provisions: stricter policies governing purchasing-card use and state-vehicle use, enhanced reporting to the Office of Policy and Management and the…
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