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CT Gen Stat § 10-292e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292e - Committee from General Assembly to review listing of eligible interest subsidy grants.

 A committee to review the listing of eligible grants submitted pursuant to sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive, shall be appointed annually on or before July first. Such committee may be the same committee that is appointed pursuant to section 10-283a. The listing of eligible grants shall be submitted to said committee prior to December fifteenth annually to determine if said listing is in compliance with section 10-292d. The committee may modify the listing if it finds that the Commissioner of Education acted in an arbitrary or unreasonable manner in establishing the listing. Prior to February first annually, the committee shall submit the approved or modified listing of grants to the Governor and the General Assembly.(P.A. 97-265, S. 87, 98.)History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292f - Approval or disapproval of interest subsidy applications by Commissioner of Education.

 (a) The Commissioner of Education is authorized to receive, review and approve applications for state grants under sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive, or to disapprove any such application if it does not meet the standards or school building priorities established by the State Board of Education.(b) When any such application is approved, said commissioner shall certify to the State Comptroller the amount of the grant for which the town, regional school district or regional educational service center is eligible under sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive, and the amount and time of the payment thereunder. Upon receipt of such certification, the State Comptroller is authorized and directed to draw his order on the State Treasurer in such amount and at such time as certified by said commissioner.(P.A. 97-265, S. 88, 98.)History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292g - Percentage determination for interest subsidy grants.

 (a) The percentage of interest subsidy grant money a local board of education may be eligible to receive under the provisions of section 10-292i shall be determined as follows: (1) Each town shall be ranked in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to such town's adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261; (2) based upon such ranking, a percentage of not less than twenty nor more than eighty shall be determined for each town on a continuous scale.(b) The percentage of interest subsidy grant money a regional board of education may be eligible to receive under the provisions of section 10-292i shall be determined by its ranking. Such ranking shall be determined by (1) multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261, of each town in the district by such town's ranking, as determined in subsection (a) of this section, (2) adding together the figures determined under subdivision (1) of this subsection, and (3) dividing the total computed under subdivision (2) of this subsection by the total population of all towns in the district. The ranking of each regional board of education shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and each such board shall receive the same reimbursement percentage as would a town with the same rank. In the case of an interest subsidy grant (A) for a secondary regional school district, such reimbursement percentage shall be increased by five per cent and (B) for a regional school district accommodating pupils in kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, such reimbursement percentage shall be increased by ten per cent, except that no such percentage shall exceed eighty-five per cent.(c) The percentage of interest subsidy grant money a regional educational service center may be eligible to receive shall be determined by its ranking. Such ranking shall be determined by (1) multiplying the population of each member town in the regional educational service center by such town's ranking, as determined in subsection (a) of this section, (2) adding together the figures for each town determined under subdivision (1) of this subsection and (3) dividing the total computed under subdivision (2) of this subsection by the total population of all member towns in the regional educational service center. The ranking of each regional educational service center shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and each such center shall receive the same reimbursement percentage as would a town with the same rank.(P.A. 97-265, S. 89, 98.)History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292i - Computation of interest subsidy grants.

 (a) The amount of the interest subsidy grant approved by the Commissioner of Education under the provisions of sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive, shall be the eligible percentage, as determined in section 10-292g, times the eligible interest costs, provided such interest subsidy grant amount and percentage may be adjusted by the Commissioner of Education to the same extent that the grant for the school building project financed by the bonds of the town, regional school district or regional educational service center to which such interest subsidy grant relates is adjusted pursuant to section 10-286.(b) In the case of any grants computed under this section, any federal funds or other state funds received for such costs covered by the grant shall be deducted from cost estimates prior to computation of the grant.(P.A. 97-265, S. 91, 98.)History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292j - Installment payment of interest subsidy grants. Withholding of state grant payments.

 (a) An interest subsidy grant approved under sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive, shall be paid in installments, the number and time of payment of which shall correspond to the number and time of interest installment payments on municipal bonds, including payments to retire temporary notes renewed for the third and subsequent years pursuant to section 7-378a or 7-378e issued for the purpose of financing the school building project to which such interest subsidy grant relates and shall be equal to the state's share of interest costs per interest installment on municipal bonds or notes, provided final payment shall not be made prior to an audit conducted by the State Board of Education. Annual interest subsidy grant installments paid pursuant to this section on interest installment payments to retire temporary notes renewed pursuant to said section 7-378a or 7-378e shall be paid only if at the time such temporary notes are renewed, the rate of interest applicable to such notes is less than the rate of interest that would be applicable with respect to twenty-year bonds if issued at the time of such renewal. The determination related to such rates of interest pursuant to this subsection may be reviewed and shall be subject to approval by the Commissioner of Education prior to renewal of such notes.(b) If the commissioner determines that a school building project has not met the approved conditions of the original application, the State Board of Education may withhold subsequent state interest subsidy grant payments related to said school building project until appropriate action, as determined by the commissioner, is taken to cause the school building project to be in compliance with the approved conditions or may require repayment of all state interest subsidy grant payments for said school building project when such appropriate action is not undertaken within a reasonable time.(P.A. 97-265, S. 92, 98.)History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292l - Certification of dates and amounts of interest subsidy grant payments.

 Any grant commitment entered into by the Commissioner of Education on or prior to July 1, 1997, which includes a commitment to pay the interest cost on bonds or temporary notes renewed in accordance with section 7-378a or 7-378e into the third or any subsequent year of such renewal following the date of issuance of the original notes, issued by a town or regional school district to finance the state share of the cost of a school building project as determined by the Commissioner of Education, and if not paid prior to July 1, 1997, shall be considered to have been properly made pursuant to, and is subject to, sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive. On or after July 1, 1997, each town and regional school district shall submit a separate application to the Commissioner of Education for interest subsidy grants described in sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive. The Commissioner of Education shall certify to the State Comptroller, upon completion of the issuance of bonds or such renewal of temporary notes, the dates and amount of interest subsidy grant payments to be made pursuant to sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive, and the State Comptroller is authorized and directed to draw an order on the State Treasurer upon such certification to pay the amounts so certified when due. The State Treasurer shall make such interest subsidy grant payments at least ten days prior to the interest payment dates on bonds or temporary notes related thereto. In the event that a school building project is not completed at the time bonds or temporary notes related thereto or short-term financing are issued to finance the project, the certification of the interest subsidy grant amounts by the Commissioner of Education may be based on estimates, provided, upon completion of such project and notification of final acceptance to the state, the Commissioner of Education shall adjust and recertify the dates and amounts of subsequent interest subsidy grant payments based on the state's share of final eligible costs.(P.A. 97-265, S. 94, 98.)History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|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.

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, in the case of any school building project for which the total cost is less than one million dollars, the state shall not require permanent local financing prior to the payment of an interest subsidy grant under sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive. In any such case, the school district may pay off its debt on any such project over a period not to exceed four years if the school district promptly applies all interest subsidy grant payments toward interest costs on such debt as the same becomes due and payable and provides for the payment of such debt in equal annual installments commencing no later than one year from the date of issue. The interest subsidy grant percentage on such debt of the district shall be the same as if permanent financing had been used.(b) Interest subsidy grants shall be available for bonds issued after July 1, 1971, for the local share of the cost of a school building project eligible for assistance under section 10-287a. The State Comptroller is authorized and directed to draw an order on the State Treasurer upon certification of the Commissioner of Education to pay any regional school district, town, consolidated town and city, and consolidated town and borough an interest subsidy grant on such bonds issued after July 1, 1971, for the local share of the cost of such school building project but not in excess of the amount certified as such share by the Commissioner of Education for such project. The local share of the cost of such project shall be the total cost of such project, as determined by the Commissioner of Education to be eligible for assistance under section 10-287a, less the total grant payments made by the state. Such interest subsidy shall be the difference between four per cent per annum and the lower of six per cent per annum or the net interest cost on such bonds. Such payments may be made on a reimbursement basis in the event the bonds were issued prior to the date of certification from the commissioner to the State Comptroller in accordance with sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive.(P.A. 97-265, S. 95, 98.)History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292o - Leasing of facilities by regional educational service centers; grants.

 Section 10-292o is repealed, effective October 5, 2009.(P.A. 97-265, S. 97, 98; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 11; P.A. 04-26, S. 9; P.A. 05-245, S. 43; P.A. 06-13, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 6; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 61.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-292p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292p - School-based health clinic. Entrance requirement.

 Section 10-292p is repealed, effective July 8, 2009.(P.A. 07-185, S. 33; P.A. 08-184, S. 35; P.A. 09-232, S. 105.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-292q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292q - School Building Projects Advisory Council.

 (a) There is established a School Building Projects Advisory Council. The council shall consist of: (1) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, (2) the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or the commissioner's designee, (3) the Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee, and (4) five members appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a person with experience in school building project matters, one of whom shall be a person with experience in architecture, one of whom shall be a person with experience in engineering, one of whom shall be a person with experience in school safety, and one of whom shall be a person with experience with the administration of the State Building Code. The chairperson of the council shall be the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or the commissioner's designee. A person employed by the Department of Administrative Services who is responsible for school building projects shall serve as the administrative staff of the council. The council shall meet at least quarterly to discuss matters relating to school building projects.(b) The School Building Projects Advisory Council shall (1) develop model blueprints for new school building projects that are in accordance with industry standards for school buildings and the school safety infrastructure criteria, developed pursuant to section 10-292r, (2) conduct studies, research and analyses, and (3) make recommendations for improvements to the school building projects processes to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, education and finance, revenue and bonding.(P.A. 11-51, S. 132; P.A. 13-3, S. 83; 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 14-90, S. 13; 14-217, S. 56; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3, S. 8.)History: P.A. 11-51 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by adding requirement that model blueprints be in accordance with industry standards for school buildings and the school safety infrastructure standards, effective April 4, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-90 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (3) re Commissioner of Education or commissioner's designee and redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by replacing “three” with “five” and adding provision re person with experience in school safety and person with experience with administration of State Building Code to be members appointed by the Governor, effective June 13, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by replacing “standards” with “criteria”, effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292s (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292s - School building project safety assessment.

 The Commissioner of Administrative Services may require any town or regional board of education applying for a grant for a school building project, pursuant to this chapter, to conduct a safety assessment of the school building project to measure compliance with the school safety infrastructure criteria, established pursuant to section 10-292r. Such town or regional board of education shall use an assessment tool designated by the commissioner or an alternative assessment tool that provides a comparable safety and security assessment of the project, as determined by the commissioner.(P.A. 14-90, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3, S. 9.)History: P.A. 14-90 effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3 replaced “standards” with “criteria”, effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292t - Standard checklist for school building projects.

 (a) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Department of Administrative Services shall develop a standard checklist for construction projects of school buildings. Such checklist shall include, but need not be limited to, testing for polychlorinated biphenyls and asbestos.(b) On and after October 1, 2015, the Department of Administrative Services shall conduct an assessment of any construction project of a school building receiving state funding for compliance with the standard checklist developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3, S. 2.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292u - School building project clearinghouse.

 (a) The Department of Administrative Services shall establish a school building project clearinghouse for the collection and distribution of school building project designs, plans and specifications. Such clearinghouse shall consist of a publicly accessible database for the collection and storage of relevant publications and school building project designs, plans and specifications that have been approved by the department pursuant to this chapter.(b) Any architect or professional engineer who is registered or licensed to practice such person's profession in accordance with the applicable provisions of the general statutes may submit school building project designs, plans and specifications for posting in the school building project clearinghouse. The licensed architect of record or professional engineer of record shall retain ownership and liability for any such design, plan or specifications submitted to the school building project clearinghouse.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3, S. 3.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 10-292v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-292v - School building committees to include member with construction industry experience.

 Any school building committee established by a town or regional school district to undertake a school building project, as defined in section 10-282, shall include at least one member who has experience in the construction industry.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 19-1, S. 3.)History: July Sp. Sess. P.A. 19-1 effective July 23, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 10-294 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 174 - Education of Persons Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired|Section 10-294 - Executive director. Qualifications. Compensation. Rules and regulations.

 Section 10-294 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.(1949 Rev., S. 1609; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 3; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 2; 77-614, S. 537, 610; P.A. 03-217, S. 1; P.A. 05-156, S. 4; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-294a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 174 - Education of Persons Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired|Section 10-294a - Legal blindness. Impaired vision. Defined.

 For the purposes of this chapter:(a) A person is legally blind if such person's central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or if such person's visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees;(b) A person has impaired vision if such person's central visual acuity does not exceed 20/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses.(1961, P.A. 539, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 767, S. 1; P.A. 75-231, S. 1, 6; P.A. 78-218, S. 200; P.A. 05-156, S. 5.)History: 1969 act defined what is meant by impaired vision; P.A. 75-231 defined what is meant by products made or manufactured by the blind; P.A. 78-218 added feminine personal pronouns; P.A. 05-156 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “blind” with “legally blind”, made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b) for the purpose of gender neutrality and deleted former Subsec. (c) re definition of products made or services provided by blind persons.
CT Gen Stat § 10-294b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 174 - Education of Persons Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired|Section 10-294b - Braille Literacy Advisory Council.

 Section 10-294b is repealed, effective October 1, 2005.(P.A. 00-127, S. 1, 4; P.A. 05-156, S. 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-295a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 174 - Education of Persons Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired|Section 10-295a - Appropriation.

 Section 10-295a is repealed.(1969, P.A. 767, S. 3; P.A. 78-218, S. 211.)