CT Gen Stat § 10-283 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 173 - Public School Building Projects|Section 10-283 - Applications for grants for school building projects.

 (a)(1) Each town or regional school district shall be eligible to apply for and accept grants for a school building project as provided in this chapter. Any town desiring a grant for a public school building project may, by vote of its legislative body, authorize the board of education of such town to apply to the Commissioner of Administrative Services and to accept or reject such grant for the town. Any regional school board may vote to authorize the supervising agent of the regional school district to apply to the Commissioner of Administrative Services for and to accept or reject such grant for the district. Applications for such grants under this chapter shall be made by the superintendent of schools of such town or regional school district on the form provided and in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. The application form shall require the superintendent of schools to affirm that the school district considered the maximization of natural light, the use and feasibility of wireless connectivity technology and, on and after July 1, 2014, the school safety infrastructure criteria, developed by the School Safety Infrastructure Council, pursuant to section 10-292r, in projects for new construction and alteration or renovation of a school building. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall review each grant application for a school building project for compliance with educational requirements and on the basis of categories for building projects established by the Commissioner of Administrative Services in accordance with this section. The Commissioner of Education shall evaluate, if appropriate, whether the project will assist the state in meeting the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall consult with the Commissioner of Education in reviewing grant applications submitted for purposes of subsection (a) of section 10-65 or section 10-76e on the basis of the educational needs of the applicant. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall review each grant application for a school building project for compliance with standards for school building projects pursuant to regulations, adopted in accordance with section 10-287c, and, on and after July 1, 2014, the school safety infrastructure criteria, developed by the School Safety Infrastructure Council pursuant to section 10-292r. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of Quinebaug Valley Community College and Three Rivers Community College and the following entities that will operate an interdistrict magnet school that will assist the state in meeting the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, may apply for and shall be eligible to receive grants for school building projects pursuant to section 10-264h for such a school: (A) The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, (B) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on behalf of a state university, (C) the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (D) the board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, (E) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (F) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the Commissioner of Education.(2) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall assign each school building project to a category on the basis of whether such project is primarily required to: (A) Create new facilities or alter existing facilities to provide for mandatory instructional programs pursuant to this chapter, for physical education facilities in compliance with Title IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1972 where such programs or such compliance cannot be provided within existing facilities or for the correction of code violations which cannot be reasonably addressed within existing program space; (B) create new facilities or alter existing facilities to enhance mandatory instructional programs pursuant to this chapter or provide comparable facilities among schools to all students at the same grade level or levels within the school district unless such project is otherwise explicitly included in another category pursuant to this section; and (C) create new facilities or alter existing facilities to provide supportive services, provided in no event shall such supportive services include swimming pools, auditoriums, outdoor athletic facilities, tennis courts, elementary school playgrounds, site improvement or garages or storage, parking or general recreation areas. All applications submitted prior to July first shall be reviewed promptly by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall estimate the amount of the grant for which such project is eligible, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-285a, provided an application for a school building project determined by the Commissioner of Education to be a project that will assist the state in meeting the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, shall have until September first to submit an application for such a project and may have until December first of the same year to secure and report all local and state approvals required to complete the grant application. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall annually prepare a listing of all such eligible school building projects listed by category together with the amount of the estimated grants for such projects and shall submit the same to the Governor, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the General Assembly on or before the fifteenth day of December, except as provided in section 10-283a, with a request for authorization to enter into grant commitments. On or before December thirty-first annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may submit comments and recommendations regarding each eligible project on such listing of eligible school building projects to the school construction committee, established pursuant to section 10-283a. Each such listing shall include a report on the following factors for each eligible project: (i) An enrollment projection and the capacity of the school, (ii) a substantiation of the estimated total project costs, (iii) the readiness of such eligible project to begin construction, (iv) efforts made by the local or regional board of education to redistrict, reconfigure, merge or close schools under the jurisdiction of such board prior to submitting an application under this section, (v) enrollment and capacity information for all of the schools under the jurisdiction of such board for the five years prior to application for a school building project grant, (vi) enrollment projections and capacity information for all of the schools under the jurisdiction of such board for the eight years following the date such application is submitted, and (vii) the state's education priorities relating to reducing racial and economic isolation for the school district. For the period beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2012, no project, other than a project for a technical education and career school, may appear on the separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in cost more than twice. On and after July 1, 2012, no project, other than a project for a technical education and career school, may appear on the separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in cost more than once, except the Commissioner of Administrative Services may allow a project to appear on such separate schedule of authorized projects a second time if the town or regional school district for such project can demonstrate that exigent circumstances require such project to appear a second time on such separate schedule of authorized projects. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, no projects which have changed in scope or cost to the degree determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on such list. The percentage determined pursuant to section 10-285a at the time a school building project on such schedule was originally authorized shall be used for purposes of the grant for such project. On and after July 1, 2006, a project that was not previously authorized as an interdistrict magnet school shall not receive a higher percentage for reimbursement than that determined pursuant to section 10-285a at the time a school building project on such schedule was originally authorized. The General Assembly shall annually authorize the Commissioner of Administrative Services to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state in accordance with the commissioner's categorized listing for such projects as the General Assembly shall determine. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may not enter into any such grant commitments except pursuant to such legislative authorization. Any regional school district which assumes the responsibility for completion of a public school building project shall be eligible for a grant pursuant to subdivision (5) or (6), as the case may be, of subsection (a) of section 10-286 when such project is completed and accepted by such regional school district.(3) (A) All final calculations completed by the Department of Administrative Services for school building projects shall include a computation of the state grant for the school building project amortized on a straight line basis over a twenty-year period for school building projects with costs equal to or greater than two million dollars and over a ten-year period for school building projects with costs less than two million dollars. Any town or regional school district which abandons, sells, leases, demolishes or otherwise redirects the use of such a school building project to other than a public school use during such amortization period shall refund to the state the unamortized balance of the state grant remaining as of the date the abandonment, sale, lease, demolition or redirection occurs. The amortization period for a project shall begin on the date the project was accepted as complete by the local or regional board of education. A town or regional school district required to make a refund to the state pursuant to this subdivision may request forgiveness of such refund if the building is redirected for public use. The Department of Administrative Services shall include as an addendum to the annual school construction priority list all those towns requesting forgiveness. General Assembly approval of the priority list containing such request shall constitute approval of such request. This subdivision shall not apply to projects to correct safety, health and other code violations or to remedy certified school indoor air quality emergencies approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or projects subject to the provisions of section 10-285c.(B) If the board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, that operates an interdistrict magnet school makes private use of any portion of a school building in which such operator received a school building project grant pursuant to this chapter, such operator shall annually submit a report to the Commissioner of Education that demonstrates that such operator provides an equal to or greater than in-kind or supplemental benefit of such institution's facilities to students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school that outweighs the private use of such school building. If the commissioner finds that the private use of such school building exceeds the in-kind or supplemental benefit to magnet school students, the commissioner may require such institution to refund to the state the unamortized balance of the state grant.(C) Any moneys refunded to the state pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision shall be deposited in the state's tax-exempt proceeds fund and used not later than sixty days after repayment to pay debt service on, including redemption, defeasance or purchase of, outstanding bonds of the state the interest on which is not included in gross income pursuant to Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended.(b) (1) Notwithstanding the application date requirements of this section, at any time within the limit of available grant authorization and within the limit of appropriated funds, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, may approve applications for grants and make payments for such grants, for any of the following reasons: (A) To assist school building projects to remedy damage from fire and catastrophe, (B) to correct safety, health and other code violations, (C) to replace roofs, including the replacement or installation of skylights as part of the roof replacement project, (D) to remedy a certified school indoor air quality emergency, (E) to install insulation for exterior walls and attics, (F) to purchase and install a limited use and limited access elevator, windows, photovoltaic panels, wind generation systems, building management systems, a public school administrative or service facility or portable classroom buildings, provided portable classroom building projects shall not create a new facility or cause an existing facility to be modified so that the portable buildings comprise a substantial percentage of the total facility area, as determined by the commissioner, or (G) for school security projects, including, but not limited to, making improvements to existing school security infrastructure or installing new school security infrastructure.(2) Not later than seven calendar days following the discovery of a reason described in subparagraphs (A) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the superintendent of schools of a town or regional school district shall notify the Commissioner of Administrative Services in writing of such reason in order to be eligible for a grant under this subsection. Such superintendent shall submit an application to the commissioner not later than six months following such notification in order to receive a grant under this subsection.(c) No school building project shall be added to the list prepared by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to subsection (a) of this section after such list is submitted to the committee of the General Assembly appointed pursuant to section 10-283a unless (1) the project is for a school placed on probation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the project is necessary to preserve accreditation, (2) the project is necessary to replace a school building for which a state agency issued a written notice of its intent to take the school property for public purpose, (3) it is a school building project determined by the Commissioner of Education to be a project that will assist the state in meeting the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to projects previously authorized by the General Assembly that require special legislation to correct procedural deficiencies.(d) No school building project shall be added to the list prepared by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, unless the applicant, prior to submitting an application, has (1) secured funding authorization for the local share of the project costs and such authorization has become effective pursuant to the general statutes and local ordinance or charter, or (2) scheduled and prepared a referendum, if required, the results of which shall be submitted on or before the fifteenth day of November in the year of application. The reimbursement percentage for a project covered by this subsection shall reflect the rates in effect during the fiscal year in which such local funding authorization is secured.(November, 1949, 1951, 1953, S. 980d; 1957, P.A. 256, S. 1; 593, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 493, S. 1; 698, S. 24; P.A. 76-418, S. 2, 18; P.A. 80-317, S. 1, 3; P.A. 81-195, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-460, S. 6, 16; P.A. 85-307, S. 1, 2; 85-377, S. 7, 13; P.A. 87-419, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-237, S. 4, 11; P.A. 90-256, S. 2, 9; P.A. 96-270, S. 3, 11; P.A. 97-265, S. 76, 98; P.A. 98-243, S. 21, 25; 98-249, S. 63, 67; P.A. 99-239, S. 16, 32; P.A. 00-220, S. 21, 32, 43; P.A. 01-173, S. 26, 63, 67; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-2, S. 34; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 8; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-6, S. 1; P.A. 03-76, S. 27; 03-220, S. 4; P.A. 04-57, S. 2; 04-213, S. 23; P.A. 06-158, S. 9; P.A. 07-249, S. 5; P.A. 08-169, S. 26; P.A. 09-45, S. 6; P.A. 11-51, S. 116; 11-61, S. 93; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; 12-120, S. 22; P.A. 13-3, S. 82; 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 14-90, S. 6, 7; 14-217, S. 99; P.A. 15-63, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3, S. 4, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 319, 320; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4, S. 322; P.A. 17-237, S. 82; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 62, 236; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 19-1, S. 2, 7.)History: 1969 acts deleted selectmen as agency for applying for and receiving grants from state board of education, allowed authorization of supervising agent and superintendent of schools to apply for grants and added provision re grants to regional school districts which assume responsibility for completion of building project; P.A. 76-418 added provisions re priorities for building projects and grants in accordance with priorities and allowed deductions of value received for abandonment, sale, lease, demolition or redirection of use of buildings when application made within 5 years of abandonment, sale, lease, etc.; P.A. 80-317 deleted phrase “not eligible for assistance under section 10-287a” which had limited applicability of priorities, deletion made applicability more general, deleted exception to application date requirements for projects to remedy fire and catastrophe damage and safety and health violations and added Subsec. (b) containing exception for projects to remedy fire damage, etc.; P.A. 81-195 excluded grant to alter existing facilities or sites in order to provide, expand or enhance instructional programs or supportive services from consideration as a grant to be calculated by deducting amount of state assistance previously granted in connection with the facility or site from the total cost of the building project for which a grant is currently sought in Subsec. (a); P.A. 84-460 amended Subsec. (a) re annual review of grant applications submitted for vocational agriculture centers and regional special education facilities and inclusion of such projects on the priority listing without rank and amended Subsec. (b) deleting provisions re projects for vocational agriculture centers and regional special education facilities; P.A. 85-307, in conjunction with P.A. 85-377, deleted provision requiring deduction of total amount of state assistance from total cost of project and added provision requiring deduction of grant amounts paid or due on facility from the net eligible cost of the project; P.A. 85-377 also transferred certain responsibilities of state board of education to commissioner of education; P.A. 87-419 amended Subsec. (b) to provide for the approval of grant applications for the leasing of facilities by regional educational service centers at any time; P.A. 89-237 in Subsec. (a) deleted the school tax rate as a factor on which priorities for building projects are to be based; P.A. 90-256 in Subsec. (a) provided that school building projects not be listed by priority within categories but only by category, added a description of the categories and made technical changes; P.A. 96-270 added the requirement that each listing of eligible projects submitted after December 1995, include a separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in scope or cost to a degree determined by the commissioner and specified that the percentage determined at the time the project on such schedule was originally authorized be used for purposes of the grant for the project, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-265 deleted provision in Subsec. (a) for the issuance of regulations and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-243 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing provisions as Subdivs. (1) and (2), to delete provisions re certain deductions in the amount of a grant for construction of new school or purchase or lease of a facility if the grant application is submitted within 5 years of the abandonment, sale, lease, demolition or redirection of use of a school facility and to add new Subdiv. (3) re amortization of grants over 10 or 20-year period and refunds to the state of unamortized balance if school is abandoned, sold, leased or demolished or if redirection occurs during the amortization period, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-249 added new Subsec. (c) re prohibition against adding to the list, effective June 8, 1998; P.A. 99-239 amended Subsec. (c) to add exception for the state taking of school property, effective June 28, 1999; P.A. 00-220 amended Subsec. (a)(3)(A) to make a technical change and amended Subsec. (b) to add roof replacements, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to add requirement for consideration of the maximization of natural light and amended Subsec. (b) to add portable classroom building projects, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-2 amended Subsec. (c) to designate existing provisions as Subdivs. (1) and (2), and to add new Subdiv. (3) re projects in a town operating under state governance for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, effective July 1, 2002; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 added new Subsecs. (d) and (e) re local funding authorization and a $1,000,000,000 cap on grant commitments, effective July 1, 2002; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-6 amended Subsec. (d) to delete language re prior local funding authorization for applications filed before July 1, 2002, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(3)(A), effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 03-220 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re remediation of certified school indoor air quality emergency, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-57 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding provision re use and feasibility of wireless connectivity technology, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-213 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by allowing the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of Manchester Community College to be eligible for grants, effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 06-158 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by requiring projects which change in scope or cost to a degree determined by the commissioner to appear on separate list to be eligible for reimbursement, by requiring that on and after July 1, 2006, no project may appear on such list more than twice, and by prohibiting a higher reimbursement rate for a project reclassified as an interdistrict magnet school if such project was not so initially authorized and amended Subsec. (a)(3) by making subdivision inapplicable to projects to correct safety, health and other code violations, or indoor air quality emergencies in Subpara. (A) and by making technical changes in Subpara. (B), effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-249 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to provide exception for projects for regional vocational-technical schools to prohibition against projects appearing more than twice on a schedule of projects that have changed in cost, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-169 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute reference to Quinebaug Valley Community College for Manchester Community College and to add provisions re stipulation re Sheff v. O'Neill and amended Subsec. (c) to add Subdiv. (4) re stipulation re Sheff v. O'Neill, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-45 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(2), effective May 20, 2009; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding “in consultation with the Commissioner of Construction Services” re form and manner of application, limiting review of grant applications by Commissioner of Education to compliance with educational requirements and evaluation whether project will assist in meeting goals of stipulation re Sheff v. O'Neill, adding provision requiring Commissioner of Education to forward application and category to Commissioner of Construction Services not later than August thirty-first, adding provision requiring Commissioner of Construction Services to review applications based on standards established in regulation and making conforming and technical changes, amended Subsec. (a)(2) by requiring Commissioner of Education to assign each project to a category, adding provision re Commissioner of Education to review applications submitted prior to July first and Commissioner of Construction Services to estimate amount of grant, replacing Commissioner of Education with Commissioner of Construction Services re annual preparation of listing of eligible projects, adding Secretary of Office of Policy and Management re who shall receive list of eligible projects, repositioning provision re separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in scope or cost, establishing dates for when listing shall include a separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in scope or cost once and twice with exception re exigent circumstances, adding provision re Secretary of Office of Policy and Management to submit comments and recommendations on each project on list to school construction committee, adding provision re each listing to include report on review by Commissioner of Education of enrollment projections for each project, adding provision re no projects which have changed in scope or cost may be eligible for reimbursement unless it appears on list, and replacing Commissioner of Education with Commissioner of Construction Services re authorization to enter into grant commitments, amended Subsec. (a)(3) by replacing Department of Education with Department of Construction Services re final calculations for school building projects and re inclusion of addendum to priority list and making conforming changes, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Commissioner of Education” with “Commissioner of Construction Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education”, amended Subsec. (c) by replacing Commissioner of Education with Commissioner of Construction Services re prohibition on adding project to the list, deleting former Subdiv. (3) and redesignating existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (3), and deleted former Subsec. (e) re lists submitted in 2003 and 2004 not to exceed $1,000,000,000 in grant commitments, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by deleting “Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the” re form and manner of application and deleting “After reviewing each such application,” re Commissioner of Education to forward application and assigned category to Commissioner of Construction Services and amended Subsec. (a)(2) by replacing “prior to forwarding” with “who shall forward”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical school” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school” in Subsec. (a)(2), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 12-120 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding “and Three Rivers Community College”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding provisions re school safety infrastructure standards and making conforming changes in provision re review of grant application by Commissioner of Construction Services, effective July 1, 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, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-90 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to Commissioner of Education in provisions re applying for grants with references to Commissioner of Administrative Services, replacing reference to State Board of Education in provision re categories for building projects with reference to Commissioner of Administrative Services, adding provision requiring Commissioner of Administrative Services to consult with Commissioner of Education in reviewing grant applications and deleting provision requiring annual review of grant applications in Subdiv. (1), by adding provision re listings on and after January 1, 2014, in Subdiv. (2) and by making technical and conforming changes, and amended Subsec. (d) by adding “or the Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-217 added “as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.” in Subsec. (a)(1) and (2) and Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-63 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing references to college or university with references to institution of higher education, effective June 19, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-3 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “standards” with “criteria”, and amended Subsec. (d) by designating existing provision re secured funding authorization for local share of project costs as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by adding provision re such authorization has become effective, adding Subdiv. (2) re scheduling and preparing referendum and submitting results on or before November 15, and making technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) by adding “as extended” re 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by adding new Subpara. (B) re annual report re private use of school building, and redesignating existing Subpara. (B) re moneys refunded to state as Subpara. (C) and making a conforming change therein, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by replacing “technical high school” with “technical education and career school”, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by deleting provisions re separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in scope or cost once or twice, deleting provisions re enrollment projections report, and adding clauses (i) to (vii) re report on factors for each eligible project to be included with each listing of eligible school building projects, and amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions re approval of applications as Subdiv. (1) and substantially amending same including by adding provisions re making payments for grants, installation of insulation, installation of elevator, windows, panels and certain systems, and deleting provision re payments within the limit of appropriated funds, and adding Subdiv. (2) re superintendent notification of reason and submission of application for grant, effective October 31, 2017; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 19-1 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by replacing “Commissioner of Education” with “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and replacing “shall” with “may” re submission of comments and recommendations and amended Subsec. (b)(1) by adding Subpara. (G) re school security projects, effective July 23, 2019.