Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects
Section 10-290a. - Advisory services re school plant planning.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall provide advisory services to local officials and agencies on long range school plant planning and educational specifications and review the sketches and preliminary plans and outline specifications for any school building project and the educational program which it is designed to house and advise boards of education and school building committees regarding the suitability of such plans on the basis of educational effectiveness, sound construction and reasonable economy of cost, including energy economy and efficiency.

(1959, P.A. 611, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 434, S. 1; P.A. 76-418, S. 12, 18; P.A. 77-597, S. 3; 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 84-460, S. 13, 16; P.A. 85-613, S. 23, 154; P.A. 88-360, S. 40, 63; P.A. 11-51, S. 126; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)
History: 1969 act included in duties of school construction economy service the provision of advisory services for long-range school plant planning and educational specifications and limited duty re plans and specifications to preliminary plans and specifications, deleting reference to final plans and specifications; P.A. 76-418 allowed board to employ engineers and to use expertise of public works department; P.A. 77-597 included advice concerning energy economy and efficiency and allowed board to hire accountants; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of administrative services for department of public works; P.A. 84-460 deleted provisions re school construction economy service and provisions re “employment of necessary staff, including architects, engineers and accountants...”; P.A. 85-613 made technical changes; P.A. 88-360 substituted “commissioner” for “state board” of education; P.A. 11-51 replaced “Commissioner of Education” with “Commissioner of Construction Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

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 10-283c. - Consolidated school construction grant application for multiple projects in a distressed municipality.

Section 10-283d. - Federal funds as part of local share for projects in a priority school district.

Section 10-284. - Approval or disapproval of applications by Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Section 10-285. - Acceptance or rejection of allotment.

Section 10-285a. - Percentage determination for school building project grants.

Section 10-285b. - School building project grants to incorporated or endowed high schools and academies.

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 10-286b. - Adjustment of grants approved prior to July 1, 1967. Formula for regional school districts.

Section 10-286c. - Establishment of criteria for building grants.

Section 10-286d. - Site-acquisition grant.

Section 10-286e. - Audits.

Section 10-286f. - Professional or consulting fees. No increase due to increased prices for construction materials.

Section 10-286g. - Waiver of audit deficiencies.

Section 10-286h. - School building project grants for diversity schools.

Section 10-287. - Installment payments of school building project grants. Construction contracts subject to bid. Construction management services. Withholding of state grant payments; conditions. Submission of final grant application.

Section 10-287a. - Lump sum payments. Advance payment of grants. Overpayment.

Section 10-287b. - Loans for school building projects. Terms of bonds and notes evidencing such loans.

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 10-287g and 10-287h. - Interest subsidy on bonds issued after July 1, 1971. Site acquisition, dates and amounts of project cost and interest grant payments.

Section 10-287i. - Progress payments of state share of eligible project costs. Withholding of grant for failure to comply with minority business enterprise requirements. Withholding of grant pending completion of audit.

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 10-292. - Review of final plans by Commissioner of Administrative Services. Exceptions; role of local officials.

Section 10-292a and 10-292b. - Abatement of asbestos hazards; inspections; regulations. Asbestos abatement plans; reports by school districts.

Section 10-292c. - Definitions.

Section 10-292d. - Interest subsidy grants.

Section 10-292e. - Committee from General Assembly to review listing of eligible interest subsidy grants.

Section 10-292f. - Approval or disapproval of interest subsidy applications by Commissioner of Education.

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 10-292j. - Installment payment of interest subsidy grants. Withholding of state grant payments.

Section 10-292k. - Bond issue for interest subsidy grants.

Section 10-292l. - Certification of dates and amounts of interest subsidy grant payments.

Section 10-292m. - Short-term financing and interest subsidy grants. Availability of interest subsidy grants for the local share of the cost of school building projects; amount of grant.

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.

Section 10-292u. - School building project clearinghouse.

Section 10-292v. - School building committees to include member with construction industry experience.