{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10a-35","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-35","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 10-331). Grant of authority prior to July 1, 1935. Degree void, when.","body":"No person, school, board, association or corporation which, prior to July 1, 1935, was granted authority to confer any standard academic, professional or graduate degree and which did not, prior to July 1, 1935, exercise such authority shall confer any such degree until it is determined by the Office of Higher Education that its organization and equipment are such that it is fully competent to meet the degree standards set and maintained by similar institutions. Any degree granted in violation of the provisions of this section shall be null and void. Any person, school, board, association or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.","path":["TITLE 10a. STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION","CHAPTER 185. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE SYSTEM","PART III. ACADEMIC DEGREES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_185.htm#sec_10a-35","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:58Z","sha256":"37fb1afa6b4432a8e9181b4b5b5907cfe946129de4e3fef214db3ea6c29a73c0","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10a-34h","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10a-35a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}