Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted under this chapter, a local board of education in a town that is a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p, with a population greater than ninety thousand shall be eligible to submit a consolidated school construction grant application for multiple school projects and be eligible to receive a single grant equal to the state share of total project costs. Based on a determination by the Office of Policy and Management that any such municipality is unable to reasonably issue debt to finance the local share of such costs, discretionary federal block grant funds may be deemed to have financed the local share of total project costs without regard to any zone restrictions that may limit the actual expenditure of such funds to specific schools. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (18) of section 10-282, projects whose eligibility is provided for under this section may be considered renovations for purposes of receiving state grants.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-2, S. 35.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-2 effective July 1, 2002.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects
Section 10-282. - Definitions.
Section 10-283. - Applications for grants for school building projects.
Section 10-283a. - Committee from General Assembly to review listing of eligible projects.
Section 10-283b. - School building projects for the Technical Education and Career System.
Section 10-283d. - Federal funds as part of local share for projects in a priority school district.
Section 10-285. - Acceptance or rejection of allotment.
Section 10-285a. - Percentage determination for school building project grants.
Section 10-285c. - Title reversion to the state.
Section 10-285d. - Projects related to full-day kindergarten programs or reduction in class size.
Section 10-285e. - Reimbursement for lease costs. Renovation project requirements.
Section 10-285f. - Design-build projects: Pilot program.
Section 10-285g. - Acoustical standards. Waiver.
Section 10-285h. - Projects for charter schools: Pilot program.
Section 10-286. - Computation of school building project grants.
Section 10-286a. - Grants for occupational training facilities.
Section 10-286c. - Establishment of criteria for building grants.
Section 10-286d. - Site-acquisition grant.
Section 10-286g. - Waiver of audit deficiencies.
Section 10-286h. - School building project grants for diversity schools.
Section 10-287a. - Lump sum payments. Advance payment of grants. Overpayment.
Section 10-287c. - Regulations.
Section 10-287d. - Bond issue for school building project grants.
Section 10-287e. - School Building Construction Fund.
Section 10-287f. - Renewal of temporary notes outstanding.
Section 10-287j. - Bond issue for funding interest subsidy grants.
Section 10-288. - Grants and loans to towns unable to complete projects.
Section 10-288a. - Replacement or relocation of secondary school associated with center.
Section 10-289. - Issuance of bonds for school building project.
Section 10-289a. - Short-term financing for school building projects.
Section 10-289d. - Definitions.
Section 10-289e. - Private academy project proposal, public hearing, referendum vote.
Section 10-289f. - Loans. Bond issues. Guaranties.
Section 10-289g. - Defaults in payment. Withholding of state aid.
Section 10-289h. - Central kitchen facility projects.
Section 10-290. - Advisory school planning service.
Section 10-290a. - Advisory services re school plant planning.
Section 10-290b. - Publication and distribution of information.
Section 10-290c. - Advisory committee.
Section 10-290d. - Conveyance of air space over schools.
Section 10-290e. - Services agreements. Requirements. Prohibitions.
Section 10-290f. - Standard school construction contracts. Guidance for projects.
Section 10-291. - Approval of plans and site. Expense limit.
Section 10-291a. - Code compliance improvements not required in certain situations.
Section 10-292c. - Definitions.
Section 10-292d. - Interest subsidy grants.
Section 10-292g. - Percentage determination for interest subsidy grants.
Section 10-292h. - Interest subsidy grants to incorporated or endowed high schools and academies.
Section 10-292i. - Computation of interest subsidy grants.
Section 10-292k. - Bond issue for interest subsidy grants.
Section 10-292l. - Certification of dates and amounts of interest subsidy grant payments.
Section 10-292n. - Default by municipality or private academy.
Section 10-292o. - Leasing of facilities by regional educational service centers; grants.
Section 10-292p. - School-based health clinic. Entrance requirement.
Section 10-292q. - School Building Projects Advisory Council.
Section 10-292r. - School safety infrastructure criteria.
Section 10-292s. - School building project safety assessment.
Section 10-292t. - Standard checklist for school building projects.