Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program – What High Schools Need To Know

Last year, Connecticut passed legislation directing the Board of Regents for Higher Education ("BOR") to establish the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program ("CAAP"). The CAAP permits eligible Connecticut high school students to be admitted automatically to Connecticut's state universities (other than the University of Connecticut) and other Connecticut post-secondary institutions of higher education that choose to participate. Students graduating in 2023 will be the first class eligible for this program. Public high schools are required to participate. Non-public high schools, on the other hand, must submit an application to the BOR in order to participate and will be approved only if they are accredited by a generally recognized accrediting organization (or operated by the United States Department of Defense) and comply with the CAAP program requirements.