Any private academy may propose to undertake a school building project to be financed by a loan of the proceeds of bonds or notes of a qualifying municipality and to have such bonds or notes guaranteed by one or more qualifying municipalities as provided in sections 10-289d to 10-289g, inclusive. Any such proposal shall describe generally the school building project, the maximum amount of the loan, the maximum amount of any bonds or notes to be issued, the name of the qualifying municipality which will issue such bonds or notes and the name of each qualifying municipality which will guarantee the payment of such bonds or notes. The private academy shall submit any such proposal to the board of selectmen of each qualifying municipality named in the proposal which has a board of selectmen or to the town council in each qualifying municipality named in the proposal which has a town council. The board of selectmen or town council to which such a proposal is submitted may, and upon the recommendation of the board of education of such qualifying municipality shall, hold a public hearing and a referendum vote on such proposal. The referendum shall be held no later than ninety days after the private academy submits such a proposal to a qualifying municipality. A copy of the proposal shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of each qualifying municipality named in the proposal and shall be made available for public inspection during the period beginning at least five days prior to the public hearing and ending on the day of such referendum. Notice of the public hearing shall be posted and published in a newspaper which has a substantial circulation in the qualifying municipality at least five days prior to such public hearing. Notice of the referendum and the question to be proposed shall be posted and published in a newspaper which has a substantial circulation in the qualifying municipality at least thirty days prior to such referendum. The referendum shall be held between the hours of six a.m. and eight p.m. The vote shall be taken and the results of the vote canvassed and declared in the same manner as is provided for an election of officers of a town, except that any person entitled to vote under section 7-6 may vote. If, in each qualifying municipality named in the proposal, the majority of those persons voting vote in favor of the proposal, the proposal shall be approved.
(P.A. 87-461, S. 2, 7; 87-499, S. 28, 34.)
History: P.A. 87-499 deleted the provision that absentee voting not be permitted in the referendum.
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.