Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-149b: Independent study programs for the tutoring of disadvantaged seventh and eighth graders.

At each public institution of higher education, independent study programs that award credit shall include opportunities for students enrolled in such institutions to tutor seventh and eighth-grade students, particularly students in school districts that have a significant number of students requiring remedial assistance as demonstrated by the results of the most recent mastery examination for students in grade six, administered pursuant to section 10-14n.