Lawmakers approve $1.5 billion UConn expansion

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s General Assembly gave final legislative approval Wednesday to a $1.5 billion plan to expand the University of Connecticut.

The Next Generation plan would use state bonds to build new labs, classrooms and housing at the school, and allow for a 30 percent increase in enrollment, much of it in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

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