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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1393
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 5465
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
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 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, 2024, 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, 2025, as follows: 15
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T1 School District Estimated Estimated
T2 School Project Costs Grant
T3 Project Number
T4
T5 FAIRFIELD
T6 Osborn Hill Elementary School
T7 051-0157 A $597,500 $155,768
T8
T9 FAIRFIELD
T10 North Stratfield Elementary School
T11 051-0158 A $652,500 $170,107
T12
T13 FAIRFIELD
T14 Fairfield Woods Middle School
T15 051-0159 A $769,500 $200,609
T16
T17 GREENWICH
T18 Old Greenwich School
T19 057-0115 EA/RR $45,086,000 $9,017,200
T20
T21 NORWICH
T22 John M. Moriarty Elementary School
T23 104-0121 N $74,065,026 $59,252,021
T24
T25 NORWICH
T26 Uncas Elementary School
T27 104-0120 N $76,468,605 $61,174,884
T28
T29 PLAINVILLE
T30 Middle School of Plainville
T31 110-0064 RNV $61,915,000 $40,467,644
T32
T33 REGION DISTRICT 5
T34 Amity Regional High School
T35 205-0046 A $3,152,596 $1,351,203
(2) Previously Authorized Projects That Have Changed Substantially 16
in Scope or Cost which are Seeking Reauthorization. 17
T36 School District Authorized Requested
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T37 School
T38 Project Number
T39
T40 CTECS
T41 Platt Technical High School
T42 900-0013 VT/EA
T43
T44 Estimated…
T45 Total Project Costs $124,566,000 $175,231,500
T46 Total Grant $124,566,000 $175,231,500
Sec. 2. Subsection (e) of section 10-285a of the general statutes is 18
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 19
2025): 20
(e) (1) If an elementary school building project for a new building or 21
for the expansion of an existing building includes space for an early 22
childhood care and education program that provides services for 23
children from birth to five years, the percentage determined pursuant to 24
this section for the entire school building project shall be increased by 25
fifteen percentage points, but shall not exceed one hundred per cent. [, 26
for the portion of the building used primarily for such purpose.] 27
Recipient districts shall maintain such early childhood care and 28
education program for at least ten years. 29
(2) The percentage determined pursuant to this section for any school 30
building project for a building or facility that will be used exclusively by 31
a local or regional board of education for an early childhood care and 32
education program that provides services for children from birth to five 33
years shall be increased by fifteen percentage points, but shall not 34
exceed one hundred per cent. Recipient districts shall maintain such 35
early childhood care and education program for at least twenty years. 36
Sec. 3. Section 10-285a of the general statutes is amended by adding 37
subsection (l) as follows (Effective July 1, 2025): 38
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(NEW) (l) (1) If a school building project for a new building or for the 39
expansion of an existing building includes a designated space for a 40
special education program that provides services for students receiving 41
special education and related services, the percentage determined 42
pursuant to this section for the entire school building project shall be 43
increased by fifteen percentage points, but shall not exceed one hundred 44
per cent. Recipient districts shall maintain such designated space for the 45
special education program for at least ten years. 46
(2) The percentage determined pursuant to this section for any school 47
building project for a building or facility that will be used exclusively by 48
a local or regional board of education for a special education program 49
that provides services for students receiving special education and 50
related services shall be increased by fifteen percentage points, but shall 51
not exceed one hundred per cent. Recipient districts shall maintain such 52
special education program for at least twenty years. 53
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 10-285a(e)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 10-285a(l)
Statement of Purpose:
To authorize state grant commitments for school building projects and
make revisions to the school building project statutes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]