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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6617
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4889
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING AU THORIZATION OF STATE GRANT
COMMITMENTS FOR SCHO OL BUILDING PROJECTS AND
REVISIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT S STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative 1
Services, having reviewed applications for state grants for public school 2
building projects in accordance with section 10-283 of the general 3
statutes on the basis of priorities for such projects and standards for 4
school construction established by the State Board of Education, and 5
having prepared a listing of all such eligible projects ranked in order of 6
priority, as determined by said commissioner together with the amount 7
of the estimated grant with respect to each eligible project, and having 8
submitted such listing of eligible projects, prior to December 15, 2020, to 9
a committee of the General Assembly established under section 10-283a 10
of the general statutes for the purpose of reviewing such listing, is 11
hereby authorized to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state 12
in accordance with said section 10-283a with respect to the priority 13
listing of such projects and in such estimated amounts as approved by 14
said committee prior to February 1, 2021, as follows: 15 Raised Bill No. 6617
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(1) Estimated Grant Commitments. 16
T1 School District Estimated Estimated
T2 School Project Costs Grant
T3 Project Number
T4
T5 NORTH BRANFORD
T6 North Branford High School
T7 21DASY099053N0621 $88,242,390 $29,100,282
T8
T9 NORWALK
T10 Cranberry Elementary School
T11 21DASY103252N0621 $45,000,000 $10,125,000
T12
T13 SOUTH WINDSOR
T14 Pleasant Valley Elementary School
T15 21DASY132093N0621 $58,500,000 $22,148,100
T16
T17 TORRINGTON
T18 Torrington Middle & High School
T19 21DASY143076N0621 $159,575,000 $100,308,845
T20
T21 WEST HAVEN
T22 Washington Elementary School
T23 21DASY156142N0621 $38,803,926 $26,052,956
T24
T25 DANBURY
T26 Ellsworth Avenue School Annex
T27 21DASY034150EA0621 $9,600,000 $6,137,280
T28
T29 HARTFORD
T30 Betances Learning Lab Magnet
School
T31 21DASY064316RNV0621 $43,709,774 $41,524,285
T32
T33 HARTFORD
T34 E. B. Kennelly School
T35 21DASY064317RNV0621 $51,416,225 $48,845,414
T36
T37 HARTFORD
T38 Fred D. Wish Museum School Raised Bill No. 6617
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T39 21DASY064318RNV0621 $49,320,000 $46,854,000
T40
T41 KILLINGLY
T42 Killingly Memorial School
T43 21DASY069069RNV0621 $34,000,000 $24,981,400
T44
T45 NEWINGTON
T46 Anna Reynolds Elementary School
T47 21DASY094109RNV0621 $35,500,000 $20,792,350
T48
T49 NORWALK
T50 Naramake Elementary School
T51 21DASY103253EA0621 $3,500,000 $1,137,500
T52
T53 WESTPORT
T54 Coleytown Middle School
T55 21DASY158099RNV0621 $32,372,235 $8,820,830
T56
T57 REGIONAL DISTRICT 1
T58 Housatonic Valley Regional High
School
T59 21DASY201049VE0621 $319,533 $255,626
T60
T61 LEARN
T62 LEARN Ocean Avenue Academy
T63 21DASY245089SP0621 $9,851,000 $7,880,800
(2) Previously Authorized Projects That Have Changed Substantially 17
in Scope or Cost which are Seeking Reauthorization. 18
T64 School District Authorized Requested
T65 School
T66 Project Number
T67
T68 WINDHAM
T69 Windham High School
T70 163-0079 RNV
T71
T72 Estimated…
T73 Total Project Costs $71,670,200 $112,329,500 Raised Bill No. 6617
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T74 Total Grant $71,670,200 $112,329,500
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 10-291 of the general statutes is 19
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 20
2021): 21
(b) The Department of Administrative Services shall not approve a 22
school building project plan or site, as applicable, if: 23
(1) The site is in an area of moderate or high radon potential, as 24
indicated in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's 25
Radon Potential Map, or similar subsequent publications, except where 26
the school building project plan incorporates construction techniques to 27
mitigate radon levels in the air of the facility; 28
(2) The plans incorporate new roof construction or total replacement 29
of an existing roof and do not provide for the following: (A) A minimum 30
roof pitch that conforms with the requirements of the State Building 31
Code, (B) a minimum twenty-year unlimited manufacturer's guarantee 32
for water tightness covering material and workmanship on the entire 33
roofing system, (C) the inclusion of vapor retarders, insulation, bitumen, 34
felts, membranes, flashings, metals, decks and any other feature 35
required by the roof design, and (D) that all manufacturer's materials to 36
be used in the roofing system are specified to meet the latest standards 37
for individual components of the roofing systems of the American 38
Society for Testing and Materials; 39
(3) In the case of a major alteration, renovation or extension of a 40
building to be used for public school purposes, the plans do not 41
incorporate the guidelines set forth in the Sheet Metal and Air 42
Conditioning Contractors National Association's publication entitled 43
"Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Occupied Buildings Under 44
Construction" or similar subsequent publications; 45
(4) In the case of a new construction, extension, renovation or 46
replacement, the plans do not provide that the building maintenance 47 Raised Bill No. 6617
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staff responsible for such facility are trained in or are receiving training 48
in, or that the applicant plans to provide training in, the appropriate 49
areas of plant operations including, but not limited to, heating, 50
ventilation and air conditioning systems pursuant to section 10-231e, 51
with specific training relative to indoor air quality; [or] 52
(5) In the case of a project for new construction, extension, major 53
alteration, renovation or replacement involving a school entrance for 54
inclusion on any listing submitted to the General Assembly in 55
accordance with section 10-283 on or after July 1, 2008, the plans do not 56
provide for a security infrastructure for such entrance; or 57
(6) In the case of a project for new construction, extension, major 58
alteration, renovation or replacement on any listing submitted to the 59
General Assembly in accordance with section 10-283 on or after July 1, 60
2022, the plans do not provide for the installation of water bottle filling 61
stations. 62
Sec. 3. Section 10-292v of the general statutes is repealed and the 63
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 64
[Any] (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, 65
municipal charter, local ordinance, home rule ordinance or other 66
ordinance, on and after July 1, 2021, the local or regional board of 67
education for a town shall (1) establish any new school building 68
committee [established by a town or regional school district to 69
undertake] responsible for undertaking a school building project, as 70
defined in section 10-282, [shall] or (2) reestablish any existing school 71
building project committee. In establishing or reestablishing a school 72
building committee under this section, the local or regional board of 73
education shall appoint the members of the school building committee, 74
provided such school building committee include at least one member 75
who has experience in the construction industry. 76
(b) Any school building committee reestablished under this section 77
shall constitute a successor committee to the prior school building 78 Raised Bill No. 6617
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committee for purposes of undertaking school building projects under 79
this chapter. 80
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 10-291(b)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 10-292v
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