Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-72: (Formerly Sec. 10-38c). Duties of Board of Regents for Higher Education to administer Connecticut State Community College.

(a) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall administer the Connecticut State Community College and plan for the expansion and development of said college. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, upon request of said board, shall, in accordance with section 4b-30, negotiate and execute leases on such physical facilities as said board may deem necessary for proper operation of the campuses of said college, and said board may expend capital funds therefor, if such leasing is required during the planning and construction phases of the campuses of said college for which such capital funds were authorized. The Board of Regents for Higher Education may appoint and remove the chief executive officer of each campus of the Connecticut State Community College. Said board may employ the faculty and other personnel needed to operate and maintain the campuses of said college. Within the limitation of appropriations, said board shall fix the compensation of such personnel, establish terms and conditions of employment and prescribe their duties and qualifications. Said board shall determine who constitutes its professional staff and establish compensation and classification schedules for its professional staff. Said board shall annually submit to the Commissioner of Administrative Services a list of the positions which it has included within the professional staff. Said board shall establish a division of technical and technological education. Said board shall confer such certificates and degrees as are appropriate to the curricula of a community college. Said board shall prepare plans for the development of a campus of the Connecticut State Community College and submit such plans to the Commissioner of Administrative Services and request said commissioner to select the site for such campus. Within the limits of the bonding authority therefor, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, subject to the provisions of section 4b-23, may acquire such site and construct such buildings as are consistent with the plan of development.

(b) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall:

(1) Make rules for the governance of the Connecticut State Community College, determine the general policies of said college, including such policies concerning the admission of students, and direct the expenditure of said college's funds within the amounts available;

(2) Develop mission statements for the Connecticut State Community College: The mission statement for the Connecticut State Community College shall include, but need not be limited to, the following elements: (A) The educational needs of and constituencies served by said college; (B) the degrees offered by said college, and (C) the role and scope of each campus of said college, which shall include each campus's particular strengths and specialties;

(3) Establish policies for the Connecticut State Community College;

(4) Establish policies that protect academic freedom and the content of courses and degree programs;

(5) Establish new academic programs;

(6) Make institutional mergers or closures;

(7) Coordinate the programs and services of the campuses of the Connecticut State Community College;

(8) Promote fund-raising by the campuses of the Connecticut State Community College to assist such campuses, provided the board shall not directly engage in fund-raising except for purposes of providing funding for (A) scholarships or other direct student financial aid and (B) programs, services or activities at one or more of such campuses and report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education not later than January first, biennially, on all such fund-raising; and

(9) Charge the direct costs for a building project under its jurisdiction to the bond fund account for such project; provided, (A) such costs are charged in accordance with a procedure approved by the Treasurer and (B) nothing in this subdivision shall permit the charging of working capital costs, as defined in the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, or costs originally paid from sources other than the bond fund account.

(c) The Board of Regents for Higher Education may request authority from the Treasurer to issue payment for claims against the Connecticut State Community College, other than a payment for payroll, debt service payable on state bonds to bondholders, paying agents, or trustees, or any payment the source of which includes the proceeds of a state bond issue.