The plan was approved Thursday by the state Board of Regents for Higher Education, the Courant said.
WestConn, which has 140 empty beds in its dorms, has seen a decline of 700 students in the past six years, the Hartford Courant said.
The state is hoping to attract at least 50 new students from the two states; a pilot program saw New York students increase from 74 last fall to 243 this fall — a 228 percent increase, the Courant said.
The annual tuition is $10,418 for an in-state student and $23,107 for an out-of state student at WestConn, which has two campuses in Danbury.
Students from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will also be allowed to enroll at Connecticut State Colleges and Universities at the in-state rates, the Courant said.
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