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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1201
January Session, 2023
AN ACT CONCERNING AUTHORIZATION OF STATE GRANT
COMMITMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS AND
REVISIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of 1
Administrative Services, having reviewed applications for state grants 2
for public school building projects in accordance with section 10-283 of 3
the general statutes on the basis of priorities for such projects and 4
standards for school construction established by the State Board of 5
Education, and having prepared a listing of all such eligible projects 6
ranked in order of priority, as determined by said commissioner 7
together with the amount of the estimated grant with respect to each 8
eligible project, and having submitted such listing of eligible projects, 9
prior to December 15, 2022, to a committee of the General Assembly 10
established under section 10-283a of the general statutes for the 11
purpose of reviewing such listing, is hereby authorized to enter into 12
grant commitments on behalf of the state in accordance with said 13
section 10-283a with respect to the priority listing of such projects and 14
in such estimated amounts as approved by said committee prior to 15
February 1, 2023, as follows: 16
(1) Estimated Grant Commitments. 17
T1 School District Estimated Estimated Substitute Bill No. 1201
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T2 School Project Costs Grant
T3 Project Number
T4
T5 BRISTOL
T6 New Northeast Middle School
T7 23DASY017088N0623 $89,068,965 $52,800,082
T8
T9 CHESHIRE
T10 New Norton Elementary School
T11 23DASY025102N0623 $76,656,200 $38,328,100
T12
T13 CHESHIRE
T14 New North End Elementary School
T15 23DASY025103N0623 $89,942,900 $44,971,450
T16
T17 CROMWELL
T18 New Cromwell Middle School
T19 23DASY033055N0623 $55,933,717 $22,172,125
T20
T21 MADISON
T22 New Elementary School
T23 23DASY076067N0623 $61,150,000 $11,135,415
T24
T25 NORWALK
T26 New South Norwalk Elementary
T27 School
T28 23DASY103264N0623 $76,000,000 $45,600,000
T29
T30 STAMFORD
T31 New Roxbury Elementary School
T32 23DASY135281N0623 $86,000,000 $51,600,000
T33
T34 DARIEN
T35 Hindley Elementary School
T36 23DASY035121EA0623 $27,550,000 $5,705,605
T37
T38 DARIEN
T39 Holmes Elementary School
T40 23DASY035122EA0623 $25,600,000 $5,301,760
T41
T42 DARIEN Substitute Bill No. 1201
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T43 Royle Elementary School
T44 23DASY035123EA0623 $29,100,000 $6,026,610
T45
T46 HARTFORD
T47 Expeditionary Learning Academy at
T48 Moylan School
T49 23DASY064319A0623 $94,571,305 $89,842,740
T50
T51 HARTFORD
T52 Parkville Community School
T53 23DASY064320A0623 $60,888,341 $57,843,924
T54
T55 HARTFORD
T56 McDonough Middle School
T57 23DASY064321A0623 $59,859,491 $56,866,516
T58
T59 REGIONAL DISTRICT 18
T60 Mile Creek Elementary School
T61 22DASY218040EA0623 $24,911,028 $9,075,088
T62
T63 ACES
T64 ACES @ Bassett
T65 23DASY244043SP0623 $65,533,047 $52,426,438
T66
T67 ACES
T68 ACES @ Chase
T69 23DASY244044MAG0623 $69,624,095 $55,699,276
T70
T71 ACES
T72 Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet
T73 School
T74 23DASY244045MAG0623 $20,180,514 $16,144,411
T75
T76 CROMWELL
T77 Central Administration
T78 23DASY033056BE0623 $2,670,683 $529,329
T79
T80 STRATFORD
T81 Franklin Elementary School
T82 23DASY138113A0623 $521,920 $311,273
T83 Substitute Bill No. 1201
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T84 STRATFORD
T85 Wilcoxson Elementary School
T86 23DASY138114A0623 $400,946 $239,124
T87
T88 NORWICH
T89 John B. Stanton Elementary School
T90 104-0118N $66,078,262 $52,862,610
T91
T92 NORWICH
T93 Greeneville Elementary School
T94 104-0119N $60,368,429 $48,294,743
(2) Previously Authorized Projects That Have Changed 18
Substantially in Scope or Cost which are Seeking Reauthorization. 19
T95 School District Authorized Requested
T96 School
T97 Project Number
T98
T99 FARMINGTON
T100 Farmington High School
T101 052-0076 N
T102
T103 Estimated…
T104 Total Project Costs $131,666,047 $141,366,047
T105 Total Grant $24,924,383 $42,409,814
T106
T107 STAMFORD
T108 Westhill High School
T109 135-0280 N
T110
T111 Estimated…
T112 Total Project Costs $257,938,824 $301,313,888
T113 Total Grant $51,587,765 $241,051,110
Sec. 2. Section 10-292q of the general statutes is repealed and the 20
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 21
(a) There is established a School Building Projects Advisory Council. 22 Substitute Bill No. 1201
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The council shall consist of: (1) The Secretary of the Office of Policy 23
and Management, or the secretary's designee, (2) the Commissioner of 24
Administrative Services, or the commissioner's designee, (3) the 25
Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee, (4) the 26
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, or the 27
commissioner's designee, (5) the chairperson of the Technical 28
Education and Career System board, or the chairperson's designee, 29
and [(4)] (6) six members appointed by the Governor, one of whom 30
shall be a person with experience in school building project matters, 31
one of whom shall be a person with experience in architecture, one of 32
whom shall be a person with experience in engineering, one of whom 33
shall be a person with experience in school safety, one of whom shall 34
be a person with experience with the administration of the State 35
Building Code, and one of whom shall be a person with experience 36
and expertise in construction for students with disabilities and the 37
accessibility provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 USC 38
12101 et seq. The chairperson of the council shall be the Commissioner 39
of Administrative Services, or the commissioner's designee. A person 40
employed by the Department of Administrative Services who is 41
responsible for school building projects shall serve as the 42
administrative staff of the council. The council shall meet at least 43
quarterly to discuss matters relating to school building projects. 44
(b) The School Building Projects Advisory Council shall (1) develop 45
model blueprints for new school building projects that are in 46
accordance with industry standards for school buildings and the 47
school safety infrastructure criteria, developed pursuant to section 10-48
292r, (2) conduct studies, research and analyses, (3) make 49
recommendations for improvements to the school building projects 50
processes to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the 51
General Assembly having cognizance of matters rela ting to 52
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, education and 53
finance, revenue and bonding, and (4) periodically review and update, 54
as necessary, the school safety infrastructure criteria developed 55
pursuant to section 10-292r. 56 Substitute Bill No. 1201
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Sec. 3. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-285a of the 57
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 58
thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 59
(a) (1) The percentage of school building project grant money a local 60
board of education may be eligible to receive, under the provisions of 61
section 10-286, as amended by this act, shall be assigned by the 62
Commissioner of Administrative Services in accordance with the 63
percentage calculated by the Commissioner of Education as follows: 64
(A) For grants approved pursuant to section 10-283 for which 65
application is made on and after July 1, 1991, and before July 1, 2011, 66
(i) each town shall be ranked in descending order from one to one 67
hundred sixty-nine according to such town's adjusted equalized net 68
grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261; and (ii) based upon 69
such ranking, a percentage of not less than twenty nor more than 70
eighty shall be determined for each town on a continuous scale; (B) for 71
grants approved pursuant to section 10-283 for which application is 72
made on and after July 1, 2011, and before July 1, 2017, (i) each town 73
shall be ranked in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-74
nine according to such town's adjusted equalized net grand list per 75
capita, as defined in section 10-261, and (ii) based upon such ranking, 76
(I) a percentage of not less than ten nor more than seventy shall be 77
determined for new construction or replacement of a school building 78
for each town on a continuous scale, and (II) a percentage of not less 79
than twenty nor more than eighty shall be determined for renovations, 80
extensions, code violations, roof replacements and major alterations of 81
an existing school building and the new construction or replacement of 82
a school building when a town or regional school district can 83
demonstrate that a new construction or replacement is less expensive 84
than a renovation, extension or major alteration of an existing school 85
building for each town on a continuous scale; (C) for grants approved 86
pursuant to section 10-283 for which application is made on and after 87
July 1, 2017, and before June 1, 2022, (i) each town shall be ranked in 88
descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to the 89
adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-90 Substitute Bill No. 1201
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261, of the town two, three and four years prior to the fiscal year in 91
which application is made, (ii) based upon such ranking, (I) a 92
percentage of not less than ten nor more than seventy shall be 93
determined for new construction or replacement of a school building 94
for each town on a continuous scale, and (II) a percentage of not less 95
than twenty nor more than eighty shall be determined for renovations, 96
extensions, code violations, roof replacements and major alterations of 97
an existing school building and the new construction or replacement of 98
a school building when a town or regional school district can 99
demonstrate that a new construction or replacement is less expensive 100
than a renovation, extension or major alteration of an existing school 101
building for each town on a continuous scale; [and] (D) except as 102
otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for grants 103
approved pursuant to section 10-283 for which application is made on 104
and after June 1, 2022, (i) each town shall be ranked in descending 105
order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to the adjusted 106
equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261, of the 107
town two, three and four years prior to the fiscal year in which 108
application is made, and (ii) based upon such ranking, (I) a percentage 109
of not less than ten nor more than seventy shall be determined for new 110
construction or replacement of a school building for each town on a 111
continuous scale, and (II) a percentage of not less than twenty nor 112
more than eighty shall be determined for renovations, extensions, code 113
violations, roof replacements and major alterations of an existing 114
school building and the new construction or replacement of a school 115
building when a town or regional school district can demonstrate that 116
a new construction or replacement is less expensive than a renovation, 117
extension or major alteration of an existing school building for each 118
town on a continuous scale; and (E) except as otherwise provided in 119
subdivision (2) of this subsection, for grants approved pursuant to 120
section 10-283 for which application is made on and after June 1, 2022, 121
(i) each town shall be ranked in descending order from one to one 122
hundred sixty-nine according to the adjusted equalized net grand list 123
per capita, as defined in section 10-261, of the town two, three and four 124
years prior to the fiscal year in which application is made, and (ii) 125 Substitute Bill No. 1201
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based upon such ranking, (I) a percentage of not less than ten nor more 126
than eighty shall be determined for new construction or replacement of 127
a school building for each town on a continuous scale, and (II) a 128
percentage of not less than twenty nor more than eighty shall be 129
determined for renovations, extensions, code violations, roof 130
replacements and major alterations of an existing school building and 131
the new construction or replacement of a school building when a town 132
or regional school district can demonstrate that a new construction or 133
replacement is less expensive than a renovation, extension or major 134
alteration of an existing school building for each town on a continuous 135
scale. 136
Sec. 4. Subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 10-286 of the 137
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 138
thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 139
(2) (A) In the case of any grants computed under this section for a 140
school building project authorized pursuant to section 10-283 after July 141
1, 1979, but prior to July 1, 2023, any federal funds or other state funds 142
received for such school building project shall be deducted from 143
project costs prior to computation of the grant. 144
(B) In the case of any grants computed under this section for a 145
school building project authorized pursuant to section 10-283 after July 146
1, 2023, any other state funds received for such school building project 147
shall be deducted from project costs prior to computation of the grant. 148
Sec. 5. Section 10-283d of the general statutes is repealed and the 149
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 150
[Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any regulations 151
adopted under this chapter, if the town, whose school district is the 152
priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p with the largest 153
student enrollment as of October 2003, uses] A town may use any 154
federal funds received by [the] such town to finance a school 155
[construction projects] building project pursuant to this chapter, and 156 Substitute Bill No. 1201
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such federal funds shall be deemed to be part or all of the town's local 157
share for such [projects] project. 158
Sec. 6. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 159
section 10-283 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the 160
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 161
pursuant to said section requiring a completed grant application be 162
submitted prior to June 30, 2022, for any school building project that 163
was previously authorized and that has changed substantially in scope 164
or cost and is seeking reauthorization, the renovation project at 165
Bulkeley High School (Project Number 064-0313 RNV) in the town of 166
Hartford with costs not to exceed two hundred ten million three 167
hundred thousand dollars shall be included in section 1 of this act and 168
shall subsequently be considered for a grant commitment from the 169
state, provided the town of Hartford meets all other provisions of 170
chapter 173 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the 171
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 172
pursuant to said chapter and is eligible for grant assistance pursuant to 173
said chapter. 174
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-285a of the general 175
statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by the State 176
Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 177
pursuant to said section concerning the reimbursement percentage that 178
a local board of education may be eligible to receive for a school 179
building project for any school building project that was previously 180
authorized and that has changed substantially in scope or cost and is 181
seeking reauthorization, the town of Hartford may use the 182
reimbursement rate of ninety-five per cent for the renovation project at 183
Bulkeley High School (Project Number 064-0313 RNV) for the purpose 184
of implementing the District Model for Excellence Restructuring 185
Recommendations and School Closures approved by the board of 186
education for the Hartford school district on January 23, 2018. 187
Sec. 7. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 188
section 10-283 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the 189 Substitute Bill No. 1201
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State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 190
pursuant to said section requiring a completed grant application be 191
submitted prior to June 30, 2022, for any school building project that 192
was previously authorized and that has changed substantially in scope 193
or cost and is seeking reauthorization, the board of education/central 194
administration facility project at Bulkeley High School (Project 195
Number 064-0314 BE) in the town of Hartford with costs not to exceed 196
thirty-four million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be 197
included in section 1 of this act and shall subsequently be considered 198
for a grant commitment from the state, provided the town of Hartford 199
meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any 200
regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department 201
of Administrative Services pursuant to said chapter and is eligible for 202
grant assistance pursuant to said chapter. 203
(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-285a of the 204
general statutes, as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted by 205
the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative 206
Services pursuant to said section concerning the reimbursement 207
percentage that a local board of education may be eligible to receive for 208
a school building project for any school building project that was 209
previously authorized and that has changed substantially in scope or 210
cost and is seeking reauthorization, the town of Hartford may use the 211
reimbursement rate of ninety-five per cent for the construction of a 212
central administration facility as part of the board of education/central 213
administration facility project at Bulkeley High School. 214
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 215
(a) of section 10-286 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted 216
by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative 217
Services limiting reimbursement to one-half of the eligible percentage 218
of the net eligible cost of construction to a town for the construction, 219
extension or major alteration of a public school administrative or 220
service facility, the town of Hartford shall receive full reimbursement 221
of the reimbursement percentage described in subdivision (1) of this 222 Substitute Bill No. 1201
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subsection of the net eligible cost of the board of education/central 223
administration facility project at Bulkeley High School. 224
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2023 10-292q
Sec. 3 July 1, 2023 10-285a(a)(1)
Sec. 4 July 1, 2023 10-286(b)(2)
Sec. 5 July 1, 2023 10-283d
Sec. 6 from passage New section
Sec. 7 from passage New section
ED Joint Favorable Subst. C/R FIN
FIN Joint Favorable Subst.