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1		-	Substitute Senate Bill No. 475
	1	+	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 475
	2	+	February Session, 2014 _____SB00475FIN___040214____
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3		-	Public Act No. 14-90
	4	+	General Assembly
	5	+
	6	+	Substitute Bill No. 475
	7	+
	8	+	February Session, 2014
	9	+
	10	+	_____SB00475FIN___040214____
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5	12		AN ACT CONCERNING AUTHORIZATION OF STATE GRANT COMMITMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS AND CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE STATUTES CONCERNING SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS.
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7	14		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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9		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, having reviewed applications for state grants for public school building projects in accordance with section 10-283 of the general statutes~~, as amended by this act,~~ on the basis of priorities for such projects and standards for school construction established by the State Board of Education, and having prepared a listing of all such eligible projects ranked in order of priority, including a separate schedule of previously authorized projects which have changed substantially in scope or cost, as determined by said commissioner together with the amount of the estimated grant with respect to each eligible project, and having submitted such listing of eligible projects, prior to December 15, 2013, to a committee of the General Assembly established under section 10-283a of the general statutes for the purpose of reviewing such listing, is hereby authorized to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state in accordance with said section 10-283 with respect to the priority listing of such projects and in such estimated amounts as approved by said committee prior to February 1, 2014, as follows:
	16	+	Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, having reviewed applications for state grants for public school building projects in accordance with section 10-283 of the general statutes on the basis of priorities for such projects and standards for school construction established by the State Board of Education, and having prepared a listing of all such eligible projects ranked in order of priority, including a separate schedule of previously authorized projects which have changed substantially in scope or cost, as determined by said commissioner together with the amount of the estimated grant with respect to each eligible project, and having submitted such listing of eligible projects, prior to December 15, 2013, to a committee of the General Assembly established under section 10-283a of the general statutes for the purpose of reviewing such listing, is hereby authorized to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state in accordance with said section 10-283 with respect to the priority listing of such projects and in such estimated amounts as approved by said committee prior to February 1, 2014, as follows:
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11	18		(1) Estimated Grant Commitments.
12	19
13	20
14	21
15		-	School District Estimated Estimated
16		-	School Project Costs Grant
17		-	Project Number
18		-	DANBURY
19		-	Mill Ridge Intermediate School
20		-	034-0138 EA/RR $ 18,608,903 $ 11,762,688
21		-	DANBURY
22		-	Park Avenue School
23		-	034-0139 EA 12,217,578 7,722,731
24		-	DANBURY
25		-	Shelter Rock School
26		-	034-0140 EA 5,650,019 3,571,377
27		-	DANBURY
28		-	Stadley Rough School
29		-	034-0141 EA 5,367,422 3,392,747
30		-	FAIRFIELD
31		-	Riverfield School
32		-	051-0125 EA 14,485,766 3,828,588
33		-	FAIRFIELD
34		-	Fairfield Ludlowe High School
35		-	051-0127 EA/EC/RR 11,630,700 3,073,994
36		-	NEW BRITAIN
37		-	Gaffney School
38		-	089-0167 EA 30,000,000 23,787,000
39		-	WEST HARTFORD
40		-	Charter Oak International Academy
41		-	155-0239 DV/N 43,274,807 34,619,846
42		-	EAST HAMPTON
43		-	East Hampton High School
44		-	042-0041 EA/RR 51,695,000 27,139,875
45		-	NEWINGTON
46		-	Martin Kellogg Middle School
47		-	094-0101 A 1,000,000 589,300
48		-	NEWINGTON
49		-	John Wallace Middle School
50		-	094-0102 A 1,000,000 589,300
51		-	NEWINGTON
52		-	Newington High School
53		-	094-0103 EA 1,500,000 883,950
54		-	PUTNAM
55		-	Putnam High School
56		-	116-0019 EA/RR 33,421,159 24,467,631
57		-	STAMFORD
58		-	Northeast School
59		-	135-0273 A/EC 3,500,000 987,350
60		-	REGIONAL DISTRICT 14
61		-	Nonnewaug High School
62		-	214-0093 EA 63,820,605 30,544,542
63		-	FAIRFIELD
64		-	Osborn Hill School
65		-	051-0126 EA/EC 3,374,400 891,854
66		-	PUTNAM
67		-	Central Administration (Putnam
68		-	H. S. )
69		-	116-0020 BE/A/RR 3,188,841 1,167,275
70		-	STAMFORD
71		-	Toquam School
72		-	135-0274 A/RR 2,550,000 719,355
73		-	STAMFORD
74		-	Westhill High School
75		-	135-0275 A/EC 2,075,000 585,358
76		-	TORRINGTON
77		-	Forbes School
78		-	143-0070 EC 300,000 225,000
79		-	WETHERSFIELD
80		-	Central Administration
81		-	(Wethersfield H. S. )
82		-	159-0102 BE/A/RNV 652,065 165,331
	22	+	T1 School District Estimated Estimated
	23	+	T2 School Project Costs Grant
	24	+	T3 Project Number
	25	+	T4
	26	+	T5 DANBURY
	27	+	T6 Mill Ridge Intermediate School
	28	+	T7 034-0138 EA/RR $18,608,903 $11,762,688
	29	+	T8
	30	+	T9 DANBURY
	31	+	T10 Park Avenue School
	32	+	T11 034-0139 EA 12,217,578 7,722,731
	33	+	T12
	34	+	T13 DANBURY
	35	+	T14 Shelter Rock School
	36	+	T15 034-0140 EA 5,650,019 3,571,377
	37	+	T16
	38	+	T17 DANBURY
	39	+	T18 Stadley Rough School
	40	+	T19 034-0141 EA 5,367,422 3,392,747
	41	+	T20
	42	+	T21 FAIRFIELD
	43	+	T22 Riverfield School
	44	+	T23 051-0125 EA 14,485,766 3,828,588
	45	+	T24
	46	+	T25 FAIRFIELD
	47	+	T26 Fairfield Ludlowe High School
	48	+	T27 051-0127 EA/EC/RR 11,630,700 3,073,994
	49	+	T28
	50	+	T29 NEW BRITAIN
	51	+	T30 Gaffney School
	52	+	T31 089-0167 EA 30,000,000 23,787,000
	53	+	T32
	54	+	T33 WEST HARTFORD
	55	+	T34 Charter Oak International Academy
	56	+	T35 155-0239 DV/N 43,274,807 34,619,846
	57	+	T36
	58	+	T37 EAST HAMPTON
	59	+	T38 East Hampton High School
	60	+	T39 042-0041 EA/RR 51,695,000 27,139,875
	61	+	T40
	62	+	T41 NEWINGTON
	63	+	T42 Martin Kellogg Middle School
	64	+	T43 094-0101 A 1,000,000 589,300
	65	+	T44
	66	+	T45 NEWINGTON
	67	+	T46 John Wallace Middle School
	68	+	T47 094-0102 A 1,000,000 589,300
	69	+	T48
	70	+	T49 NEWINGTON
	71	+	T50 Newington High School
	72	+	T51 094-0103 EA 1,500,000 883,950
	73	+	T52
	74	+	T53 PUTNAM
	75	+	T54 Putnam High School
	76	+	T55 116-0019 EA/RR 33,421,159 24,467,631
	77	+	T56
	78	+	T57 STAMFORD
	79	+	T58 Northeast School
	80	+	T59 135-0273 A/EC 3,500,000 987,350
	81	+	T60
	82	+	T61 REGIONAL DISTRICT 14
	83	+	T62 Nonnewaug High School
	84	+	T63 214-0093 EA 63,820,605 30,544,542
	85	+	T64
	86	+	T65 FAIRFIELD
	87	+	T66 Osborn Hill School
	88	+	T67 051-0126 EA/EC 3,374,400 891,854
	89	+	T68
	90	+	T69 PUTNAM
	91	+	T70 Central Administration (Putnam
	92	+	T71 H.S.)
	93	+	T72 116-0020 BE/A/RR 3,188,841 1,167,275
	94	+	T73
	95	+	T74 STAMFORD
	96	+	T75 Toquam School
	97	+	T76 135-0274 A/RR 2,550,000 719,355
	98	+	T77
	99	+	T78 STAMFORD
	100	+	T79 Westhill High School
	101	+	T80 135-0275 A/EC 2,075,000 585,358
	102	+	T81
	103	+	T82 TORRINGTON
	104	+	T83 Forbes School
	105	+	T84 143-0070 EC 300,000 225,000
	106	+	T85
	107	+	T86 WETHERSFIELD
	108	+	T87 Central Administration
	109	+	T88 (Wethersfield H.S.)
	110	+	T89 159-0102 BE/A/RNV 652,065 165,331
	111	+
	112	+	T1
83	113
84	114		School District
85	115
86	116		Estimated
87	117
88	118		Estimated
89	119
	120	+	T2
	121	+
90	122		School
91	123
92	124		Project Costs
93	125
94	126		Grant
95	127
	128	+	T3
	129	+
96	130		Project Number
	131	+
	132	+	T4
	133	+
	134	+	T5
97	135
98	136		DANBURY
99	137
	138	+	T6
	139	+
100	140		Mill Ridge Intermediate School
	141	+
	142	+	T7
101	143
102	144		034-0138 EA/RR
103	145
104	146		$18,608,903
105	147
106	148		$11,762,688
107	149
	150	+	T8
	151	+
	152	+	T9
	153	+
108	154		DANBURY
109	155
	156	+	T10
	157	+
110	158		Park Avenue School
	159	+
	160	+	T11
111	161
112	162		034-0139 EA
113	163
114	164		12,217,578
115	165
116	166		7,722,731
117	167
	168	+	T12
	169	+
	170	+	T13
	171	+
118	172		DANBURY
119	173
	174	+	T14
	175	+
120	176		Shelter Rock School
	177	+
	178	+	T15
121	179
122	180		034-0140 EA
123	181
124	182		5,650,019
125	183
126	184		3,571,377
127	185
	186	+	T16
	187	+
	188	+	T17
	189	+
128	190		DANBURY
129	191
	192	+	T18
	193	+
130	194		Stadley Rough School
	195	+
	196	+	T19
131	197
132	198		034-0141 EA
133	199
134	200		5,367,422
135	201
136	202		3,392,747
137	203
	204	+	T20
	205	+
	206	+	T21
	207	+
138	208		FAIRFIELD
139	209
	210	+	T22
	211	+
140	212		Riverfield School
	213	+
	214	+	T23
141	215
142	216		051-0125 EA
143	217
144	218		14,485,766
145	219
146	220		3,828,588
147	221
	222	+	T24
	223	+
	224	+	T25
	225	+
148	226		FAIRFIELD
149	227
	228	+	T26
	229	+
150	230		Fairfield Ludlowe High School
	231	+
	232	+	T27
151	233
152	234		051-0127 EA/EC/RR
153	235
154	236		11,630,700
155	237
156	238		3,073,994
157	239
	240	+	T28
	241	+
	242	+	T29
	243	+
158	244		NEW BRITAIN
159	245
	246	+	T30
	247	+
160	248		Gaffney School
	249	+
	250	+	T31
161	251
162	252		089-0167 EA
163	253
164	254		30,000,000
165	255
166	256		23,787,000
167	257
	258	+	T32
	259	+
	260	+	T33
	261	+
168	262		WEST HARTFORD
169	263
	264	+	T34
	265	+
170	266		Charter Oak International Academy
	267	+
	268	+	T35
171	269
172	270		155-0239 DV/N
173	271
174	272		43,274,807
175	273
176	274		34,619,846
177	275
	276	+	T36
	277	+
	278	+	T37
	279	+
178	280		EAST HAMPTON
179	281
	282	+	T38
	283	+
180	284		East Hampton High School
	285	+
	286	+	T39
181	287
182	288		042-0041 EA/RR
183	289
184	290		51,695,000
185	291
186	292		27,139,875
187	293
	294	+	T40
	295	+
	296	+	T41
	297	+
188	298		NEWINGTON
189	299
	300	+	T42
	301	+
190	302		Martin Kellogg Middle School
	303	+
	304	+	T43
191	305
192	306		094-0101 A
193	307
194	308		1,000,000
195	309
196	310		589,300
197	311
	312	+	T44
	313	+
	314	+	T45
	315	+
198	316		NEWINGTON
199	317
	318	+	T46
	319	+
200	320		John Wallace Middle School
	321	+
	322	+	T47
201	323
202	324		094-0102 A
203	325
204	326		1,000,000
205	327
206	328		589,300
207	329
	330	+	T48
	331	+
	332	+	T49
	333	+
208	334		NEWINGTON
209	335
	336	+	T50
	337	+
210	338		Newington High School
	339	+
	340	+	T51
211	341
212	342		094-0103 EA
213	343
214	344		1,500,000
215	345
216	346		883,950
217	347
	348	+	T52
	349	+
	350	+	T53
	351	+
218	352		PUTNAM
219	353
	354	+	T54
	355	+
220	356		Putnam High School
	357	+
	358	+	T55
221	359
222	360		116-0019 EA/RR
223	361
224	362		33,421,159
225	363
226	364		24,467,631
227	365
	366	+	T56
	367	+
	368	+	T57
	369	+
228	370		STAMFORD
229	371
	372	+	T58
	373	+
230	374		Northeast School
	375	+
	376	+	T59
231	377
232	378		135-0273 A/EC
233	379
234	380		3,500,000
235	381
236	382		987,350
237	383
	384	+	T60
	385	+
	386	+	T61
	387	+
238	388		REGIONAL DISTRICT 14
239	389
	390	+	T62
	391	+
240	392		Nonnewaug High School
	393	+
	394	+	T63
241	395
242	396		214-0093 EA
243	397
244	398		63,820,605
245	399
246	400		30,544,542
247	401
	402	+	T64
	403	+
	404	+	T65
	405	+
248	406		FAIRFIELD
249	407
	408	+	T66
	409	+
250	410		Osborn Hill School
	411	+
	412	+	T67
251	413
252	414		051-0126 EA/EC
253	415
254	416		3,374,400
255	417
256	418		891,854
257	419
	420	+	T68
	421	+
	422	+	T69
	423	+
258	424		PUTNAM
	425	+
	426	+	T70
259	427
260	428		Central Administration (Putnam
261	429
	430	+	T71
	431	+
262	432		H.S.)
	433	+
	434	+	T72
263	435
264	436		116-0020 BE/A/RR
265	437
266	438		3,188,841
267	439
268	440		1,167,275
269	441
	442	+	T73
	443	+
	444	+	T74
	445	+
270	446		STAMFORD
271	447
	448	+	T75
	449	+
272	450		Toquam School
	451	+
	452	+	T76
273	453
274	454		135-0274 A/RR
275	455
276	456		2,550,000
277	457
278	458		719,355
279	459
	460	+	T77
	461	+
	462	+	T78
	463	+
280	464		STAMFORD
281	465
	466	+	T79
	467	+
282	468		Westhill High School
	469	+
	470	+	T80
283	471
284	472		135-0275 A/EC
285	473
286	474		2,075,000
287	475
288	476		585,358
289	477
	478	+	T81
	479	+
	480	+	T82
	481	+
290	482		TORRINGTON
291	483
	484	+	T83
	485	+
292	486		Forbes School
	487	+
	488	+	T84
293	489
294	490		143-0070 EC
295	491
296	492		300,000
297	493
298	494		225,000
299	495
	496	+	T85
	497	+
	498	+	T86
	499	+
300	500		WETHERSFIELD
	501	+
	502	+	T87
301	503
302	504		Central Administration
303	505
	506	+	T88
	507	+
304	508		(Wethersfield H.S.)
	509	+
	510	+	T89
305	511
306	512		159-0102 BE/A/RNV
307	513
308	514		652,065
309	515
310	516		165,331
311	517
312	518		(2) Previously Authorized Projects That Have Changed Substantially in Scope or Cost which are Seeking First Reauthorization.
313	519
314	520
315	521
316		-	School District Authorized Requested
317		-	School
318		-	Project Number
319		-	BERLIN
320		-	Berlin High School
321		-	007-0065 RNV/E
322		-	Estimated…
323		-	Total Project Costs $ 69,950,000 $ 83,464,987
324		-	Total Grant $ 32,974,430 $ 39,345,395
325		-	BRIDGEPORT
326		-	Dunbar School
327		-	015-0171 A/EC
328		-	Estimated…
329		-	Total Project Costs $ 8,807,099 $ 8,807,099
330		-	Total Grant $ 6,888,032 $ 6,888,032
331		-	NEW HAVEN
332		-	UNH Science & Engineering Magnet
333		-	093-0357 MAG/N/PS
334		-	Estimated…
335		-	Total Project Costs $ 59,500,000 $ 85,500,000
336		-	Total Grant $ 56,525,000 $ 81,255,000
337		-	WESTON
338		-	Weston Middle School
339		-	157-0053 EC
340		-	Estimated…
341		-	Total Project Costs $ 1,395,150 $ 2,458,375
342		-	Total Grant $ 298,981 $ 526,830
343		-	REGIONAL DISTRICT 18
344		-	Mile Creek School
345		-	218-0037 EC
346		-	Estimated…
347		-	Total Project Costs $ 597,900 $ 965,550
348		-	Total Grant $ 209,265 $ 337,943
349		-	CREC
350		-	Academy of Aerospace
351		-	241-0099 MAG/PF/EA
352		-	Estimated…
353		-	Total Project Costs $ 72,993,000 $ 81,873,481
354		-	Total Grant $ 69,343,350 $ 77,779,807
	522	+	T90 School District Authorized Requested
	523	+	T91 School
	524	+	T92 Project Number
	525	+	T93
	526	+	T94 BERLIN
	527	+	T95 Berlin High School
	528	+	T96 007-0065 RNV/E
	529	+	T97
	530	+	T98 Estimated…
	531	+	T99 Total Project Costs $69,950,000 $83,464,987
	532	+	T100 Total Grant $32,974,430 $39,345,395
	533	+	T101
	534	+	T102 BRIDGEPORT
	535	+	T103 Dunbar School
	536	+	T104 015-0171 A/EC
	537	+	T105
	538	+	T106 Estimated…
	539	+	T107 Total Project Costs $8,807,099 $8,807,099
	540	+	T108 Total Grant $6,888,032 $6,888,032
	541	+	T109
	542	+	T110 NEW HAVEN
	543	+	T111 UNH Science & Engineering Magnet
	544	+	T112 093-0357 MAG/N/PS
	545	+	T113
	546	+	T114 Estimated…
	547	+	T115 Total Project Costs $59,500,000 $85,500,000
	548	+	T116 Total Grant $56,525,000 $81,255,000
	549	+	T117
	550	+	T118 WESTON
	551	+	T119 Weston Middle School
	552	+	T120 157-0053 EC
	553	+	T121
	554	+	T122 Estimated…
	555	+	T123 Total Project Costs $1,395,150 $2,458,375
	556	+	T124 Total Grant $298,981 $526,830
	557	+	T125
	558	+	T126 REGIONAL DISTRICT 18
	559	+	T127 Mile Creek School
	560	+	T128 218-0037 EC
	561	+	T129
	562	+	T130 Estimated…
	563	+	T131 Total Project Costs $597,900 $965,550
	564	+	T132 Total Grant $209,265 $337,943
	565	+	T133
	566	+	T134 CREC
	567	+	T135 Academy of Aerospace
	568	+	T136 241-0099 MAG/PF/EA
	569	+	T137
	570	+	T138 Estimated…
	571	+	T139 Total Project Costs $72,993,000 $81,873,481
	572	+	T140 Total Grant $69,343,350 $77,779,807
	573	+
	574	+	T90
355	575
356	576		School District
357	577
358	578		Authorized
359	579
360	580		Requested
361	581
	582	+	T91
	583	+
362	584		School
	585	+
	586	+	T92
363	587
364	588		Project Number
365	589
	590	+	T93
	591	+
	592	+	T94
	593	+
366	594		BERLIN
	595	+
	596	+	T95
367	597
368	598		Berlin High School
369	599
	600	+	T96
	601	+
370	602		007-0065 RNV/E
371	603
	604	+	T97
	605	+
	606	+	T98
	607	+
372	608		Estimated…
	609	+
	610	+	T99
373	611
374	612		Total Project Costs
375	613
376	614		$69,950,000
377	615
378	616		$83,464,987
379	617
	618	+	T100
	619	+
380	620		Total Grant
381	621
382	622		$32,974,430
383	623
384	624		$39,345,395
385	625
	626	+	T101
	627	+
	628	+	T102
	629	+
386	630		BRIDGEPORT
	631	+
	632	+	T103
387	633
388	634		Dunbar School
389	635
	636	+	T104
	637	+
390	638		015-0171 A/EC
391	639
	640	+	T105
	641	+
	642	+	T106
	643	+
392	644		Estimated…
	645	+
	646	+	T107
393	647
394	648		Total Project Costs
395	649
396	650		$8,807,099
397	651
398	652		$8,807,099
399	653
	654	+	T108
	655	+
400	656		Total Grant
401	657
402	658		$6,888,032
403	659
404	660		$6,888,032
405	661
	662	+	T109
	663	+
	664	+	T110
	665	+
406	666		NEW HAVEN
	667	+
	668	+	T111
407	669
408	670		UNH Science & Engineering Magnet
409	671
	672	+	T112
	673	+
410	674		093-0357 MAG/N/PS
411	675
	676	+	T113
	677	+
	678	+	T114
	679	+
412	680		Estimated…
	681	+
	682	+	T115
413	683
414	684		Total Project Costs
415	685
416	686		$59,500,000
417	687
418	688		$85,500,000
419	689
	690	+	T116
	691	+
420	692		Total Grant
421	693
422	694		$56,525,000
423	695
424	696		$81,255,000
425	697
	698	+	T117
	699	+
	700	+	T118
	701	+
426	702		WESTON
	703	+
	704	+	T119
427	705
428	706		Weston Middle School
429	707
	708	+	T120
	709	+
430	710		157-0053 EC
431	711
	712	+	T121
	713	+
	714	+	T122
	715	+
432	716		Estimated…
	717	+
	718	+	T123
433	719
434	720		Total Project Costs
435	721
436	722		$1,395,150
437	723
438	724		$2,458,375
439	725
	726	+	T124
	727	+
440	728		Total Grant
441	729
442	730		$298,981
443	731
444	732		$526,830
445	733
	734	+	T125
	735	+
	736	+	T126
	737	+
446	738		REGIONAL DISTRICT 18
	739	+
	740	+	T127
447	741
448	742		Mile Creek School
449	743
	744	+	T128
	745	+
450	746		218-0037 EC
451	747
	748	+	T129
	749	+
	750	+	T130
	751	+
452	752		Estimated…
	753	+
	754	+	T131
453	755
454	756		Total Project Costs
455	757
456	758		$597,900
457	759
458	760		$965,550
459	761
	762	+	T132
	763	+
460	764		Total Grant
461	765
462	766		$209,265
463	767
464	768		$337,943
465	769
	770	+	T133
	771	+
	772	+	T134
	773	+
466	774		CREC
	775	+
	776	+	T135
467	777
468	778		Academy of Aerospace
469	779
	780	+	T136
	781	+
470	782		241-0099 MAG/PF/EA
471	783
	784	+	T137
	785	+
	786	+	T138
	787	+
472	788		Estimated…
	789	+
	790	+	T139
473	791
474	792		Total Project Costs
475	793
476	794		$72,993,000
477	795
478	796		$81,873,481
	797	+
	798	+	T140
479	799
480	800		Total Grant
481	801
482	802		$69,343,350
483	803
484	804		$77,779,807
485	805
486	806		(3) Previously Authorized Project For The Technical High School System That Has Changed Substantially in Scope or Cost which is Seeking Reauthorization.
487	807
488	808
489	809
490		-	School District Authorized Requested
491		-	School
492		-	Project Number
493		-	CTHSS (ANSONIA)
494		-	Emmett O'Brien
495		-	900-0012 VT/EA
496		-	Estimated…
497		-	Total Project Costs $ 77,746,501 $ 94,315,000
498		-	Total Grant $ 77,746,501 $ 94,315,000
499		-	CTHSS (MILFORD)
500		-	Platt
501		-	900-0013 VT/EA
502		-	Estimated…
503		-	Total Projects Costs $ 57,886,000 $ 124,566,000
504		-	Total Grant $ 57,886,000 $ 124,566,000
505		-	CTHSS (GROTON)
506		-	Ella T. Grasso
507		-	900-0014 VT/EA
508		-	Estimated…
509		-	Total Projects Costs $ 61,479,000 $ 134,913,000
510		-	Total Grant $ 61,479,000 $ 134,913,000
	810	+	T141 School District Authorized Requested
	811	+	T142 School
	812	+	T143 Project Number
	813	+	T144
	814	+	T145 CTHSS (ANSONIA)
	815	+	T146 Emmett O'Brien
	816	+	T147 900-0012 VT/EA
	817	+	T148
	818	+	T149 Estimated…
	819	+	T150 Total Project Costs $ 77,746,501 $ 94,315,000
	820	+	T151 Total Grant $ 77,746,501 $ 94,315,000
	821	+	T152
	822	+	T153 CTHSS (MILFORD)
	823	+	T154 Platt
	824	+	T155 900-0013 VT/EA
	825	+	T156
	826	+	T157 Estimated…
	827	+	T158 Total Projects Costs $57,886,000 $124,566,000
	828	+	T159 Total Grant $57,886,000 $124,566,000
	829	+	T160
	830	+	T161 CTHSS (GROTON)
	831	+	T162 Ella T. Grasso
	832	+	T163 900-0014 VT/EA
	833	+	T164
	834	+	T165 Estimated…
	835	+	T166 Total Projects Costs $61,479,000 $134,913,000
	836	+	T167 Total Grant $61,479,000 $134,913,000
	837	+
	838	+	T141
511	839
512	840		School District
513	841
514	842		Authorized
515	843
516	844		Requested
517	845
	846	+	T142
	847	+
518	848		School
	849	+
	850	+	T143
519	851
520	852		Project Number
521	853
	854	+	T144
	855	+
	856	+	T145
	857	+
522	858		CTHSS (ANSONIA)
	859	+
	860	+	T146
523	861
524	862		Emmett O'Brien
525	863
	864	+	T147
	865	+
526	866		900-0012 VT/EA
527	867
	868	+	T148
	869	+
	870	+	T149
	871	+
528	872		Estimated…
	873	+
	874	+	T150
529	875
530	876		Total Project Costs
531	877
532	878		$ 77,746,501
533	879
534	880		$ 94,315,000
535	881
	882	+	T151
	883	+
536	884		Total Grant
537	885
538	886		$ 77,746,501
539	887
540	888		$ 94,315,000
541	889
	890	+	T152
	891	+
	892	+	T153
	893	+
542	894		CTHSS (MILFORD)
	895	+
	896	+	T154
543	897
544	898		Platt
545	899
	900	+	T155
	901	+
546	902		900-0013 VT/EA
547	903
	904	+	T156
	905	+
	906	+	T157
	907	+
548	908		Estimated…
	909	+
	910	+	T158
549	911
550	912		Total Projects Costs
551	913
552	914		$57,886,000
553	915
554	916		$124,566,000
555	917
	918	+	T159
	919	+
556	920		Total Grant
557	921
558	922		$57,886,000
559	923
560	924		$124,566,000
561	925
	926	+	T160
	927	+
	928	+	T161
	929	+
562	930		CTHSS (GROTON)
	931	+
	932	+	T162
563	933
564	934		Ella T. Grasso
565	935
	936	+	T163
	937	+
566	938		900-0014 VT/EA
567	939
	940	+	T164
	941	+
	942	+	T165
	943	+
568	944		Estimated…
	945	+
	946	+	T166
569	947
570	948		Total Projects Costs
571	949
572	950		$61,479,000
573	951
574	952		$134,913,000
	953	+
	954	+	T167
575	955
576	956		Total Grant
577	957
578	958		$61,479,000
579	959
580	960		$134,913,000
581	961
582	962		Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 10-292r of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
583	963
584	964		(a) There is established a School Safety Infrastructure Council. The council shall consist of: (1) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, or the commissioner's designee; (2) the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, or the commissioner's designee; (3) the Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee; (4) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who shall be a person with expertise in building security, preferably school building security; (5) one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be a licensed professional engineer who is a structural engineer; (6) one appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall be a public school administrator certified by the State Board of Education; (7) one appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a firefighter, emergency medical technician or a paramedic; (8) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be a school resource officer; [and] (9) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a public school teacher certified by the State Board of Education; and (10) one appointed by the Governor, who shall be a licensed building official. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall serve as the chairperson of the council. The administrative staff of the Department of Administrative Services shall serve as staff for the council and assist with all ministerial duties.
585	965
586	966		Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 10-284 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
587	967
588		-	(a) The Commissioner of Education shall have authority to receive and review applications for state grants under this chapter, and the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have authority to review and approve any such application, or to disapprove any such application if (1) it does not comply with the requirements of the State Fire Marshal or the Department of Public Health, (2) it is not accompanied by a life-cycle cost analysis approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to section 16a-38, (3) it does not comply with the provisions of sections 10-290d and 10-291, ~~as amended by this act,~~ (4) it does not meet (A) the standards or requirements established in regulations adopted in accordance with section 10-287c, or (B) school building categorization requirements described in section 10-283~~, as amended by this act~~, (5) the estimated construction cost exceeds the per square foot cost for schools established in regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services for the county in which the project is proposed to be located, (6) on and after July 1, 2014, the application does not comply with the school safety infrastructure standards developed by the School Safety Infrastructure Council, pursuant to section 10-292r, as amended by this act, except the Commissioner of Administrative Services may waive any of the provisions of the school safety infrastructure standards if the commissioner determines that the application demonstrates that the applicant has made a good faith effort to address such standards and that compliance with such standards would be infeasible, unreasonable or excessively expensive, or (7) the Commissioner of Education determines that the proposed educational specifications for or theme of the project for which the applicant requests a state grant duplicates a program offered by a technical high school or an interdistrict magnet school in the same region.
	968	+	(a) The Commissioner of Education shall have authority to receive and review applications for state grants under this chapter, and the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have authority to review and approve any such application, or to disapprove any such application if (1) it does not comply with the requirements of the State Fire Marshal or the Department of Public Health, (2) it is not accompanied by a life-cycle cost analysis approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to section 16a-38, (3) it does not comply with the provisions of sections 10-290d and 10-291, (4) it does not meet (A) the standards or requirements established in regulations adopted in accordance with section 10-287c, or (B) school building categorization requirements described in section 10-283, (5) the estimated construction cost exceeds the per square foot cost for schools established in regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services for the county in which the project is proposed to be located, (6) on and after July 1, 2014, the application does not comply with the school safety infrastructure standards developed by the School Safety Infrastructure Council, pursuant to section 10-292r, as amended by this act, except the Commissioner of Administrative Services may waive any of the provisions of the school safety infrastructure standards if the commissioner determines that the application demonstrates that the applicant has made a good faith effort to address such standards and that compliance with such standards would be infeasible, unreasonable or excessively expensive, or (7) the Commissioner of Education determines that the proposed educational specifications for or theme of the project for which the applicant requests a state grant duplicates a program offered by a technical high school or an interdistrict magnet school in the same region.
589	969
590	970		Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2014) 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 chapter 173 of the general statutes, to conduct a safety assessment of the school building project to measure compliance with the school safety infrastructure standards, established pursuant to section 10-292r of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 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.
591	971
592		-	Sec. 5. Subdivision (3) of section 10-282 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
593	972
594		-	(3) "School building project", except as used in section 10-289, means (A) the construction, purchase, extension, replacement, renovation or major alteration of a building to be used for public school purposes, including the equipping and furnishing of any such construction, purchase, extension, replacement, renovation or major alteration, the improvement of land therefor, or the improvement of the site of an existing building for public school purposes, but shall not include the cost of a site, except as provided in subsection (b) of section 10-286d; (B) the construction and equipping and furnishing of any such construction of any building which the towns of Norwich, Winchester and Woodstock may provide by lease or otherwise for use by the Norwich Free Academy, Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy, respectively, in furnishing education for public school pupils under the provisions of section 10-34; and (C) the addition to, renovation of and equipping and furnishing of any such addition to or renovation of any building which may be leased, upon the approval of the Commissioner of Education or the Commissioner of Administrative Services, to any local or regional board of education for a term of twenty years or more for use by such local or regional board in furnishing education of public school pupils;
595	973
596		-	Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 10-283 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
597	974
598		-	(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 [Education] 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 [Education] 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 standards, developed by the School Safety Infrastructure Council, pursuant to section 10-292r, as amended by this act, in projects for new construction and alteration or renovation of a school building. The Commissioner of [Education] 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 [State Board of Education] Commissioner of Administrative Services in accordance with this section. [, and] 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. [, provided] 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 [shall be reviewed annually by the commissioner] on the basis of the educational needs of the applicant. [The Commissioner of Education shall forward each application and the category that the Commissioner of Education has assigned to each such project in accordance with subdivision (2) of this subsection to the Commissioner of Administrative Services not later than August thirty-first of each fiscal year. ] 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 standards, developed by the School Safety Infrastructure Council pursuant to section 10-292r, as amended by this act. 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 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 college or university, as defined in section 10a-37, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent college or university, (E) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (F) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the Commissioner of Education.
	975	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
	976	+	Section 1 from passage New section
	977	+	Sec. 2 from passage 10-292r(a)
	978	+	Sec. 3 July 1, 2014 10-284(a)
	979	+	Sec. 4 July 1, 2014 New section
599	980
600		-	~~(2) The Commissioner of Education~~ 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 Education, who shall forward such application to 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, as amended by this act, 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. , 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 shall 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 submitted after December 15, 2005, until December 15, 2010, inclusive, shall include a separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in scope or cost to a degree determined by the Commissioner of Education once, and a separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in scope or cost to a degree determined by said commissioner twice. Any such listing submitted after December 15, 2010, until December 15, 2011, inclusive, shall include a separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in scope or cost to a degree determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services once, and a separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in scope or cost to a degree determined by said commissioner twice. [On and after] For the period beginning July 1, 2011, and ending December 31, 2013, each such listing shall include a report on the review conducted by the Commissioner of Education of the enrollment projections for each such eligible project. On and after January 1, 2014, each such listing shall include a report on the review conducted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services of the enrollment projections for each such eligible project. For the period beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2012, no project, other than a project for a technical high 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 high 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, as amended by this act, 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, as amended by this act, 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, as amended by this act, when such project is completed and accepted by such regional school district.
	981	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
601	982
602		-	(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.~~
	983	+	Section 1
603	984
604		-	(B) Any moneys refunded to the state pursuant to subparagraph (A) 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.~~
	985	+	from passage
605	986
606		-	~~Sec. 7. Subsection (d) of~~ section ~~10-283 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):~~
	987	+	New section
607	988
608		-	(d) No application for a school building project shall be accepted by the Commissioner of Education or the Commissioner of Administrative Services on or after July 1, 2002, unless the applicant has secured funding authorization for the local share of the project costs prior to 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.~~
	989	+	Sec. 2
609	990
610		-	~~Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 10-284 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):~~
	991	+	from passage
611	992
612		-	(a) The Commissioner of [Education] Administrative Services shall have authority to receive and review applications for state grants under this chapter, and [the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have authority to review and] to approve any such application, or to disapprove any such application if (1) it does not comply with the requirements of the State Fire Marshal or the Department of Public Health, (2) it is not accompanied by a life-cycle cost analysis approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to section 16a-38, (3) it does not comply with the provisions of sections 10-290d, as amended by this act, and 10-291, (4) it does not meet (A) the standards or requirements established in regulations adopted in accordance with section 10-287c, or (B) school building categorization requirements described in section 10-283, as amended by this act, (5) the estimated construction cost exceeds the per square foot cost for schools established in regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services for the county in which the project is proposed to be located, (6) on and after July 1, 2014, the application does not comply with the school safety infrastructure standards developed by the School Safety Infrastructure Council, pursuant to section 10-292r, as amended by this act, or (7) the Commissioner of Education determines that the proposed educational specifications for or theme of the project for which the applicant requests a state grant duplicates a program offered by a technical high school or an interdistrict magnet school in the same region.
	993	+	10-292r(a)
613	994
614		-	Sec. ~~9. Subsection (a) of section 10-285a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):~~
	995	+	Sec. 3
615	996
616		-	(a) The percentage of school building project grant money a local board of education may be eligible to receive, under the provisions of section 10-286, as amended by this act, shall be [determined] assigned by the Commissioner of Administrative Services in accordance with the percentage calculated by the Commissioner of Education as follows: (1) For grants approved pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-283 for which application is made on and after July 1, 1991, and before July 1, 2011, (A) 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; and (B) 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; and (2) for grants approved pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-283 for which application is made on and after July 1, 2011, (A) 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, and (B) based upon such ranking, (i) a percentage of not less than ten nor more than seventy shall be determined for new construction or replacement of a school building for each town on a continuous scale, and (ii) a percentage of not less than twenty nor more than eighty shall be determined for renovations, extensions, code violations, roof replacements and major alterations of an existing school building and the new construction or replacement of a school building when a town or regional school district can demonstrate that a new construction or replacement is less expensive than a renovation, extension or major alteration of an existing school building for each town on a continuous scale.
	997	+	July 1, 2014
617	998
618		-	~~Sec.~~ 10~~. Subdivision (1) of subsection~~ (a) ~~of section 10-286 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):~~
	999	+	10-284(a)
619	1000
620		-	(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and each fiscal year thereafter, in the case of a new school plant, an extension of an existing school building or projects involving the major alteration of any existing building to be used for school purposes, the eligible percentage, as determined in section 10-285a, as amended by this act, of the result of multiplying together the number representing the highest projected enrollment, based on data acceptable to the Commissioner of [Education] Administrative Services, for such building during the eight-year period from the date a local or regional board of education files a notification of a proposed school building project with the Department of Administrative Services, the number of gross square feet per pupil determined by the Commissioner of [Education] Administrative Services to be adequate for the kind of educational program or programs intended, and the eligible cost of such project, divided by the gross square feet of such building, or the eligible percentage, as determined in section 10-285a, as amended by this act, of the eligible cost of such project, whichever is less;
	1001	+	Sec. 4
621	1002
622		-	~~Sec. 11. Subsection (c) of section 10-286 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective~~ July 1, 2014):
	1003	+	July 1, 2014
623	1004
624		-	~~(c) In the computation of grants pursuant to this~~ section for any school building project authorized by the General Assembly pursuant to section 10-283, as amended by this act, (1) after January 1, 1993, any maximum square footage per pupil limit established pursuant to this chapter or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to this chapter shall be increased by twenty-five per cent for a building constructed prior to 1950; (2) after January 1, 2004, any maximum square footage per pupil limit established pursuant to this chapter or any regulation adopted by the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to this chapter shall be increased by up to one per cent to accommodate a heating, ventilation or air conditioning system, if needed; (3) for the period from July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2009, inclusive, for projects with total authorized project costs greater than ten million dollars, if total construction change orders or other change directives otherwise eligible for grant assistance under this chapter exceed five per cent of the authorized total project cost, only fifty per cent of the amount of such change order or other change directives in excess of five per cent shall be eligible for grant assistance; and (4) after July 1, 2009, for projects with total authorized project costs greater than ten million dollars, if total construction change orders or other change directives otherwise eligible for grant assistance exceed five per cent of the total authorized project cost, such change order or other change directives in excess of five per cent shall be ineligible for grant assistance.
	1005	+	New section
625	1006
626		-	Sec. 12. Section 10-290d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
627	1007
628		-	Any municipality, with the approval of the Commissioner of [Education] Administrative Services, may convey any type of interest in air space over land used for school purposes to a private developer for residential or commercial uses or to a quasi-municipal or public nonmunicipal corporation. Said conveyance shall be made upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer with the approval of the legislative body of the municipality.
629	1008
630		-	Sec. 13. Subsection (a) of section 10-292q of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
	1009	+	ED Joint Favorable Subst. C/R FIN
	1010	+	FIN Joint Favorable
631	1011
632		-	(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 [(3)] (4) three 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 and one of whom shall be a person with experience in engineering. 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.
	1012	+	ED
633	1013
634		-	~~Sec~~. ~~14. Section 40 of public act 13-243 is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):~~
	1014	+	Joint Favorable Subst. C/R
635	1015
636		-	(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of [Construction] Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-283 requiring a completed grant application be submitted prior to June 30, 2012, a facility purchase and extension and alteration project for R. J. Kinsella Magnet School (Project Number TMP-064-VQRQ) in the town of Hartford with costs not to exceed [thirty] thirty-three million dollars shall be included in subdivision (1) of section 1 of [this act] public act 13-243 and shall subsequently be considered for a grant commitment from the state, provided the town of Hartford files an application for a school building project prior to June 30, [2014] 2015, meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of [Construction] Administrative Services pursuant to said chapter 173 and is eligible for grant assistance pursuant to said chapter 173.
	1016	+	FIN
637	1017
638		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-264h of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of [Construction] Administrative Services concerning the reimbursement rate for the construction of interdistrict magnet schools, the town of Hartford may use ninety-five per cent as the reimbursement rate for the facility purchase and extension and alteration project of an interdistrict magnet facility (Project Number TMP-064-VQRQ) at the R. J. Kinsella Magnet School.
	1018	+	FIN
639	1019
640		-	Sec. 15. Subsection (d) of section 3 of public act 13-243 is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
641		-
642		-	(d) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, charter or ordinance providing that binding contracts not be entered into, or bonds issued, that exceed the approved appropriation, the town of Berlin may enter into binding contracts for the extension and alteration and roof replacement project (Project Number 007-0065 EA/RR) at Berlin High School that exceed such approved appropriation, and issue bonds to fund the town's net project costs, provided such binding contracts or bond issues do not exceed such approved appropriation by more than fifteen million dollars, and provided further that the [legislative body] town council of the town of Berlin shall approve such additional appropriation on or before June 30, 2014.
643		-
644		-	Sec. 16. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-283 requiring that no project that has changed in scope or cost to the degree determined by the commissioner shall be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on the school construction priority list to be considered by the General Assembly in the 2014 regular legislative session, project costs for the renovation and extension project at Kelly Middle School (Project Number 104-0112 RNV/E) may be increased to forty-one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars and shall be eligible for reimbursement under the provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes.
645		-
646		-	(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, charter or ordinance providing that binding contracts not be entered into, or bonds issued, that exceed the approved appropriation, the town of Norwich may enter into binding contracts for the renovation and extension project (Project Number 104-0112 RNV/E) at Kelly Middle School that exceed such approved appropriation, and issue bonds to fund the town's net project costs, provided such binding contracts or bond issues do not exceed such approved appropriation by more than one million dollars, and provided further that the city council of the town of Norwich shall approve such additional appropriation on or before June 30, 2015.
647		-
648		-	Sec. 17. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-283 requiring that no project that has changed in scope or cost to the degree determined by the commissioner shall be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on the school construction priority list to be considered by the General Assembly in the 2014 regular legislative session, project costs for the renovation and extension project at Wethersfield High School (Project Number 159-0100 RNV/E) may be increased to eighty-three million seven hundred ninety-four thousand seven hundred nine dollars and shall be eligible for reimbursement under the provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes.
649		-
650		-	(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, charter or ordinance providing that binding contracts not be entered into, or bonds issued, that exceed the approved appropriation, the town of Wethersfield may enter into binding contracts for the renovation and extension project (Project Number 159-0100 RNV/E) at Wethersfield High School that exceed such approved appropriation, and issue bonds to fund the town's net project costs, provided such binding contracts or bond issues do not exceed such approved appropriation by more than ten million dollars, and provided further that the town council of the town of Wethersfield shall approve such additional appropriation on or before June 30, 2015.
651		-
652		-	Sec. 18. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-283 requiring that no project that has changed in scope or cost to the degree determined by the commissioner shall be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on the school construction priority list to be considered by the General Assembly in the 2014 regular legislative session, project costs for the extension and alteration and roof replacement project at Rocky Hill High School (Project Number 119-0049 EA/RR) may be increased to fifty million dollars and shall be eligible for reimbursement under the provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes.
653		-
654		-	(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, charter or ordinance providing that binding contracts not be entered into, or bonds issued, that exceed the approved appropriation, the town of Rocky Hill may enter into binding contracts for the extension and alteration and roof replacement project (Project Number 119-0049 EA/RR) at Rocky Hill High School that exceed such approved appropriation, and issue bonds to fund the town's net project costs, provided such binding contracts or bond issues do not exceed such approved appropriation by more than five million forty-five thousand dollars, and provided further that the town council of the town of Rocky Hill shall approve such additional appropriation on or before June 30, 2015.
655		-
656		-	Sec. 19. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning eligible costs for school building grant reimbursement, architectural design costs of the previously designed Engineering and Science University Magnet School near the University of New Haven in West Haven (Project Number 093-0357 MAG/NEW) shall be considered eligible for grant assistance reimbursement, provided such reimbursement does not exceed previously authorized grant amounts.
657		-
658		-	Sec. 20. Section 226 of public act 12-1 of the June special session is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
659		-
660		-	(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of [Construction] Administrative Services under said chapter 173 requiring a completed grant application be submitted prior to June 30, 2011, and prohibiting reimbursement for costs associated with the construction of outdoor athletic facilities, a new construction project for Bowen Field in New Haven with costs not to exceed eleven million dollars shall be included in subdivision (1) of section 1 of public act 12-179, provided a complete grant application is submitted prior to June 30, 2013. Such building project shall be eligible for a reimbursement rate of sixty-eight and ninety-three-hundredths per cent.
661		-
662		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted under said chapter, the town of New Haven is authorized to illuminate the athletic fields at Bowen Field in an amount not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars and shall be subsequently eligible for school construction grant assistance provided a completed grant application is submitted to the Department of [Construction] Administrative Services prior to June 30, 2013. The full cost of the illumination project shall be deemed eligible costs for the purpose of grant calculation. The grant for construction assistance shall be calculated using the same rate of reimbursement as assigned to school building projects for the town of New Haven.
663		-
664		-	(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said chapter, the town of New Haven may use any private, federal or state funds, other than grants received under said chapter, for the purpose of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) removal for the projects described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, provided the reimbursement received from such other grants related to such removal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) shall be deducted from the total project costs eligible for grant assistance under said chapter.
665		-
666		-	Sec. 21. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, requiring a completed grant application be submitted prior to June 30, 2013, a new construction project for the Strong 21st Century Communications Magnet School and Laboratory in the town of New Haven with costs not to exceed forty-five million dollars shall be included in subdivision (1) of section 1 of this act and shall subsequently be considered for a grant commitment from the state with a reimbursement percentage of seventy-nine and twenty-nine hundredths, provided the town of New Haven files an application for a school building project prior to June 30, 2015, meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes and is eligible for grant assistance pursuant to chapter 173 of the general statutes.
667		-
668		-	Sec. 22. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning ineligible costs, ineligible costs for the new construction project at the John C. Daniels School (Project Number 093-0306 N) and the extension and alteration project at the Beecher School (Project Number 093-0345 EA) may be subject to the waiver authority of the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to section 10-264h of the general statutes.
669		-
670		-	Sec. 23. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286d of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning a site acquisition grant, the town of Shelton shall not be responsible for returning any portion of a site acquisition grant already paid to the town prior to the effective date of this section based on the site acquisition costs reported to the Department of Administrative Services by the town of Shelton for the new construction project (Project Number 126-0074 N) at the Shelton Intermediate School, and the Department of Administrative Services shall not be responsible for making any further grant payments to the town of Shelton for such project.
671		-
672		-	Sec. 24. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning projected enrollment for a school building project for purposes of calculating eligible costs for a school building project grant, the town of Weston may use seven hundred seventy-six as its projected enrollment figure for the new construction project (Project Number 157-0042 N) at the New Intermediate School.
673		-
674		-	Sec. 25. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-287 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services requiring that all orders and contracts for school building projects be awarded to the lowest responsible qualified bidder only after a public invitation to bid, the town of Union shall be reimbursed for eligible project costs for a new construction project at Union Elementary School (Project Number 145-0006 N).
675		-
676		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning eligible costs, costs incurred by the town of Union for offsite improvements as part of the new construction project (Project Number 145-0006 N) at Union Elementary School shall be treated as eligible project costs.
677		-
678		-	(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning the submission of change orders, costs for change orders submitted on or before January 11, 2011, for the new construction project (Project Number 145-0006 N) at Union Elementary School in the town of Union shall be treated as eligible project costs.
679		-
680		-	Sec. 26. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-286 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 requiring all change orders or other change directives issued on or after July 1, 2008, to be submitted not later than six months after the date of such issuance, the town of Montville may submit change orders issued after such six-month time limit for the project at Montville High School (Project Number 086-0085 EA) for reimbursement of eligible costs from the state, provided change orders have been reviewed and approved the Department of Administrative Services.
681		-
682		-	Sec. 27. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-292 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services requiring that a bid not be let out until plans and specifications have been approved by the Department of Administrative Services, the town of Montville may let out for bid and award contracts for communications and playground equipment for the extension and alteration project (Project Number 086-0087 EA) at Murphy Elementary School and shall be eligible to subsequently be considered for a grant commitment from the state, provided plans and specifications have been approved by the Department of Administrative Services.
683		-
684		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-287 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services requiring that all orders and contracts for school building projects be awarded to the lowest responsible qualified bidder only after a public invitation to bid, the town of Montville shall be reimbursed for eligible project costs for a new construction project at Murphy Elementary School (Project Number 086-0087 EA).
685		-
686		-	Sec. 28. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-283 requiring that no project that has changed in scope or cost to the degree determined by the commissioner shall be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on the school construction priority list to be considered by the General Assembly in the 2014 regular legislative session, project costs for the extension and alteration project at West Haven High School (Project Number 156-0138 EA) may be increased to one hundred thirty-two million six hundred thirty-nine thousand dollars and shall be deemed to have been authorized by the legislature.
687		-
688		-	Sec. 29. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulations adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 concerning the calculation of grants using the state standard space specifications, the town of East Hartford shall be exempt from the state standard space specifications for the purpose of the calculation of the grant for the alteration and energy conservation project at the East Hartford Middle School (Project Number 043-0236 A/EC).
689		-
690		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 concerning ineligible costs for a school building project grant, costs incurred by the town of East Hartford for exterior wall construction as part of the alteration and energy conservation project at the East Hartford Middle School (Project Number 043-0236 A/EC) shall be treated as eligible costs. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this section, the provisions of chapter 173 shall apply to all other costs incurred for such project.
691		-
692		-	Sec. 30. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning projected enrollment for a school building project for purposes of calculating eligible costs for a school building project grant, the town of Bloomfield may use seven hundred fourteen as its projected enrollment figure for the extension and alteration and roof replacement project (Project Number 011-0077 EA/RR) at Bloomfield High School.
693		-
694		-	Sec. 31. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning projected enrollment for a school building project for purposes of calculating eligible costs for a school building project grant, the town of Bloomfield may use seven hundred ten as its projected enrollment figure for the alteration and roof replacement project (Project Number 011-0075 A/RR) at Carmen Arace Middle School.
695		-
696		-	Sec. 32. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning projected enrollment for a school building project for purposes of calculating eligible costs for a school building project grant, the town of Bloomfield may use four hundred forty-four as its projected enrollment figure for the extension and alteration and roof replacement project (Project Number 011-0076 EA/RR) at Laurel School.
697		-
698		-	Sec. 33. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning projected enrollment for a school building project for purposes of calculating eligible costs for a school building project grant, the town of Bloomfield may use three hundred forty-two as its projected enrollment figure for the extension and alteration (Project Number 011-0078 EA) at Metacomet Elementary School.
699		-
700		-	Sec. 34. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulations adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 concerning the calculation of grants using the state standard space specifications, the town of Clinton shall be exempt from the state standard space specifications for the purpose of the calculation of the grant for the new construction project at the Morgan School (Project Number 027-0061 N).
701		-
702		-	Sec. 35. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-283 requiring that the description of a project type for a school building project be made at the time of application for a school building project grant, the town of Plainville may expand the description of the extension and alteration project (Project Number 110-0057 EA) at Linden Street School to include demolition costs not to exceed two million four hundred thousand dollars.
703		-
704		-	Sec. 36. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-292 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services requiring that a bid not be let out until plans and specifications have been approved by the Department of Administrative Services, the town of New London may let out for bid on and award contracts for rooftop equipment, chiller enclosure and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) removal as part of the extension and alteration project of an interdistrict magnet facility Project (Project Number 095-0085 MAG/EA) at Nathan Hale Magnet School and shall be eligible for reimbursement, provided plans and specifications have been approved by the Department of Administrative Services.
705		-
706		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services limiting the amount of grant assistance for a project when the total eligible construction change orders or other change directives exceed five per cent of the authorized total project cost to fifty per cent of the amount of such change order or other change directive in excess of five per cent, the town of New London shall be reimbursed at the project's reimbursement rate for the full eligible costs of construction change orders or other change directives for the extension and alteration project of an interdistrict magnet facility Project (Project Number 095-0085 MAG/EA) at Nathan Hale Magnet School.
707		-
708		-	Sec. 37. Section 30 of public act 07-249, as amended by section 23 of public act 07-3 of the June special session, section 104 of public act 11-57 and section 19 of public act 12-179, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
709		-
710		-	(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 10 of the general statutes, a local or regional school district that is a (1) district for a town (A) with a population greater than twenty thousand, but not more than thirty thousand, and (B) that is less than six square miles in area, in which at least fifty per cent of the property is exempt from taxation pursuant to chapter 203 of the general statutes, and (2) priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p of the general statutes shall qualify as an interdistrict magnet district.
711		-
712		-	(b) (1) The Commissioner of Education may designate [as many as two] schools under the jurisdiction of such district as interdistrict magnet schools for the purposes of section 10-264h of the general statutes, provided the district submits a plan to the commissioner detailing how the district will meet the enrollment requirements provided for in subdivision (2) of this subsection and the commissioner deems such plan reasonable. [The total grant amount for projects for both schools shall not be more than ten million dollars more than the grant amount such district would have otherwise received for such projects pursuant to the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes. ] No school in such district shall be eligible to receive a grant pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-264l of the general statutes, unless such school operates as an "interdistrict magnet school program", as defined in subsection (a) of said section 10-264l, and meets the district-wide enrollment requirements pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection.
713		-
714		-	(2) Not later than three years after the reopening of the schools of the interdistrict magnet school district following school construction projects for such schools, reimbursed at the rate provided for in section 10-264h of the general statutes, the local or regional board of education of such district shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education on the progress of such district in enrolling students from other school districts. If such district does not, on or before June 30, [2015] 2017, enroll students from other districts at a rate that is at least fifteen per cent of its total district-wide enrollment, such district shall be liable to the state for repayment of the amount representing the difference between the school building project grant received pursuant to this section and section 10-264h of the general statutes, and the grant such district would have otherwise received for such projects pursuant to the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act.
715		-
716		-	(3) For purposes of this subsection, "district-wide enrollment" means the total number of students enrolled in the New London public schools.
717		-
718		-	(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, [as amended by public act 07-249,] or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education requiring a completed grant application be submitted prior to June 30, 2006, or subsection (d) of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the board requiring local funding authorization for the local share of project costs prior to application, the projects for the local or regional school district that qualifies as an interdistrict magnet school district under subsection (a) of this section shall be included in subdivision (1) of section 1 of public act 07-249, provided the school district secures the funding authorization for the local share and files a completed grant application prior to June 30, 2008, and meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education, except as provided for in this section.
719		-
720		-	(d) Any school so designated by the commissioner as a magnet school under this section that enrolls less than twenty-five per cent of the school's students from a town outside of the school district in which such school is located shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-264l of the general statutes, for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the town in which such school is located.
721		-
722		-	Sec. 38. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, requiring a completed grant application be submitted prior to June 30, 2013, an interdistrict magnet facility project for the New London Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts in the town of New London with costs not to exceed thirty-one million dollars shall be included in subdivision (1) of section 1 of this act and shall subsequently be considered for a grant commitment from the state, provided the town of New London files an application for a school building project prior to June 30, 2015, meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes and is eligible for grant assistance pursuant to chapter 173 of the general statutes, except that the Commissioner of Administrative Services may waive any requirements in such chapter for good cause.
723		-
724		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-264h of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning the reimbursement rate for the construction of interdistrict magnet schools, the town of New London may use ninety-five per cent as the reimbursement rate for the interdistrict magnet facility project at the New London Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts, provided the board of education for New London, the board of directors for the Garde Arts Center and the Commissioners of Education and Administrative Services enter into a memorandum of understanding establishing the parameters in which the New London Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts shall operate as an interdistrict magnet school.
725		-
726		-	(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services, the town of New London may use any private, federal or state grants, other than grants received pursuant to chapter 173 of the general statutes, as the local share of the project costs for the interdistrict magnet facility project at the New London Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts, and such funds shall not be deducted from the grant received under chapter 173 of the general statutes.
727		-
728		-	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning eligible costs, costs incurred for reasonable and necessary construction to the Garde Arts Center shall be included in the interdistrict magnet facility project at the New London Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts and shall be considered eligible for reimbursement at the reimbursement percentage for such interdistrict magnet facility project.
729		-
730		-	(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulations adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, concerning the calculation of grants using the state standard space specifications, the town of New London shall be exempt from the state standard space specifications for the purpose of the calculation of the grant for the interdistrict magnet facility project at the New London Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts.
731		-
732		-	Sec. 39. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning ineligible costs for a school building project grant, all project costs, except interest costs, incurred for the extension and alteration project at the Multicultural Magnet School (Project Number 245-0084 MAG/E) shall be treated as eligible project costs and LEARN shall be responsible for the repayment of any grant payments for interest costs.
733		-
734		-	Sec. 40. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of section 1 of this act, the town of Putnam may use seventy-three and twenty-one hundredths per cent as the reimbursement rate for all projects that appear on the school construction priority list to be considered by the General Assembly in the 2014 regular legislative session.
735		-
736		-	Sec. 41. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-283 limiting the number of times a project may be submitted to the legislature for authorization due to a change in cost or scope, or requiring that no such project that has changed in scope or cost to the degree determined by the commissioner shall be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on the school construction priority list to be considered by the General Assembly in the 2014 regular legislative session, the change in cost and scope required to provide expanded furniture, furnishings, equipment and technology equipment for the new construction project (Project Number 163-0071 MAG/N) at the Windham Magnet School shall be included in subdivision (2) of section 1 of this act, provided evidence of local legislative approval of the local share of funding is submitted prior to June 30, 2014, and further provided the total revised project cost shall not exceed forty-two million dollars.
737		-
738		-	Sec. 42. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-283 requiring that the description of a project type for a school building project be made at the time of application for a school building project grant or the provisions of subdivision (18) of section 10-282 of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-282, the town of Hartford may change the description of the alteration, roof replacement and energy conservation project (Project Number 064-0307 A/RR/EC) at Weaver High School to a renovation project and subsequently qualify as renovation projects, as defined in subdivision (18) of section 10-282 of the general statutes.
739		-
740		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulations adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 concerning the calculation of grants using the state standard space specifications, the town of Hartford shall be exempt from the state standard space specifications for the purpose of the calculation of the grant for the alteration, roof replacement and energy conservation project at Weaver High School (Project Number 064-0307 A/RR/EC).
741		-
742		-	(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services limiting reimbursement to one-half of the eligible percentage of the net eligible cost of construction to a town for construction, extension or major alteration of an athletic facility, gymnasium or auditorium, the town of Hartford shall receive full reimbursement of the eligible percentage of the net eligible cost of the alteration, roof replacement and energy conservation project at Weaver High School (Project Number 064-0307 A/RR/EC).
743		-
744		-	Sec. 43. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 concerning the number of gross square feet per pupil determined to be adequate for the kind of educational program or programs intended, the town of West Hartford may use eighty-six thousand eight hundred seventy-seven square feet as the maximum square footage for the new construction project (Project Number 155-0239 DV/N) at Charter Oak International Academy for purposes of calculating eligible costs for a school project grant.
745		-
746		-	Sec. 44. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services, the town of Bridgeport shall not be responsible for returning any portion of a school building project grant already paid to the town for any project in which an audit was completed on or before June 30, 2013, and the Department of Administrative Services shall not be responsible for making any further grant payments to the town of Bridgeport for such projects.
747		-
748		-	Sec. 45. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning eligible costs for alteration projects, the town of Middletown may be reimbursed for replacement furniture and equipment items with costs not to exceed three hundred seventy-one thousand five hundred forty-seven dollars as part of the alteration and roof replacement project (Project Number 083-0105 A/RR) at the Lawrence Elementary School.
749		-
750		-	Sec. 46. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 10-264h of the general statutes, subparagraph (D) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, section 10-286d of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services, site acquisition by a related limited liability company shall be an eligible expenditure for the Goodwin College Early Childhood Magnet School (Project Number 542-0002 MAG/N), provided such limited liability company conveys the site to Goodwin College. Such conveyance may be in the form of a lease for a term of not less than twenty years. All other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes relating to eligibility for reimbursement of site acquisition costs shall remain applicable to such project.
751		-
752		-	Sec. 47. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 10-264h of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning reimbursement to the state by a school district when a school building ceases to be used as an interdistrict magnet school, the Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) shall not be responsible for reimbursing the state in an amount received pursuant to section 10-264h of the general statutes and the amount the district would have been eligible to receive based on the percentage determined pursuant to section 10-285a of the general statutes, as amended by this act, multiplied by the estimated eligible project costs for the extension and alteration project at the Collaborative Alternative Magnet School (Project Number 244-0026 MAG/EA).
753		-
754		-	Sec. 48. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-283 and 10-286d of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, requiring that the estimated total project costs be made at the time of application for a school building project grant, the Capitol Region Education Council may increase the costs associated with site or site and facility acquisition such that the total estimated project costs are increased for the Museum Academy (Project Number 241-0101) to thirty-three million two hundred sixty-one thousand dollars.
755		-
756		-	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Construction Services pursuant to section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, limiting the number of times a project may be submitted to the legislature for authorization due to a change in cost or scope, or requiring that no such project that has changed in scope or cost to the degree determined by the commissioner shall be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on such list, the change in cost and scope identified in subsections (a) of this section shall be deemed to have been authorized by the legislature and shall not be considered when determining the number of times the project is submitted for authorization by either the Department of Education or the Department of Administrative Services.
757		-
758		-	Sec. 49. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-286 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services concerning projected enrollment for a school building project for purposes of calculating eligible costs for a school building project grant, the town of Windsor Locks may use six hundred as its projected enrollment figure for the alteration project (Project Number TMP-165-HXCW) at Windsor Locks High School.
759		-
760		-	Sec. 50. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-286 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 requiring all change orders or other change directives issued on or after July 1, 2008, to be submitted not later than six months after the date of such issuance, the town of Hartford may submit change orders issued after such six-month time limit for the project at R. J. Kinsella Magnet School (Project Number 064-0292 MAG/E) for reimbursement of eligible costs from the state, provided change orders have been reviewed and approved by the Department of Administrative Services.
761		-
762		-	Sec. 51. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-286 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 requiring all change orders or other change directives issued on or after July 1, 2008, to be submitted not later than six months after the date of such issuance, the town of Hartford may submit change orders issued after such six-month time limit for the project at Capitol Preparatory Magnet School (Project Number 064-0290 MAG/EA) for reimbursement of eligible costs from the state, provided change orders have been reviewed and approved by the Department of Administrative Services.
763		-
764		-	Sec. 52. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-286 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 requiring all change orders or other change directives issued on or after July 1, 2008, to be submitted not later than six months after the date of such issuance, the town of Hartford may submit change orders issued after such six-month time limit for the project at Fisher Magnet School (Project Number 064-0291 MAG/EA) for reimbursement of eligible costs from the state, provided change orders have been reviewed and approved by the Department of Administrative Services.
765		-
766		-	Sec. 53. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-286 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 10-286 requiring all change orders or other change directives issued on or after July 1, 2008, to be submitted not later than six months after the date of such issuance, the town of Hartford may submit change orders issued after such six-month time limit for the project at Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker (Project Number 064-0293 MAG/EA) for reimbursement of eligible costs from the state, provided change orders have been reviewed and approved by the Department of Administrative Services.
	1020	+	Joint Favorable