Sec. 10-265c. Distribution of funds. Grant application; limitations.
Sec. 10-265c. Distribution of funds. Grant application; limitations. Within the
limits of the bond authorization, a local or regional board of education, regional educational service center or school districts entering into cooperative arrangements eligible
to receive a grant pursuant to section 10-265b, shall receive not less than forty nor more
than eighty per cent of the net purchase price of vocational education equipment except
as otherwise provided in this section. For a local or regional board of education such
percentage shall be determined pursuant to section 10-285a. For a regional educational
service center or school districts entering into cooperative arrangements, such percentage shall be determined by its respective ranking. Such ranking shall be determined by
(1) multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261, of each member town
by such town's percentile ranking, as determined in subsection (a) of section 10-285a;
(2) adding together the figures for each town determined under subdivision (1) of this
section; and (3) dividing the total computed under subdivision (2) of this section by the
total population of all member towns. The ranking of each regional educational service
center or school district entering into cooperative arrangements shall be rounded to the
next higher whole number and such center or school district shall receive the same
reimbursement percentage as would a town with the same rank. Such percentage shall
be increased by ten per cent whenever a regional educational service center or two or
more local or regional boards of education purchase equipment pursuant to a cooperative
arrangement for the purpose of providing a program of vocational education. For purposes of approving grant applications, school districts will be ranked, from highest to
lowest, based on each member town's adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as
defined in section 10-261. Regional school districts, regional educational service centers
and school districts entering into cooperative arrangements will be assigned a rank
through a population weighted average of member towns' adjusted equalized net grand
list per capita rank. Grant applications shall be approved based on wealth rank beginning
with the lowest wealth-ranked applicant. Applications approved pursuant to this section
shall not exceed the bond authorization. Commencing with applications submitted for
a grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1984, and annually thereafter, no school district
shall be eligible to receive a grant under this section more than once every three years.
(P.A. 82-369, S. 21, 28; P.A. 83-501, S. 9, 12; P.A. 84-388, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-170, S. 3, 4; 85-558, S. 9, 17; P.A. 86-333,
S. 13, 32; 86-416, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-405, S. 11, 26; P.A. 93-376, S. 5, 13; P.A. 98-252, S. 79, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1,
S. 105, 121.)
History: P.A. 83-501 required ranking of towns based on adjusted equalized net grand list per capita and awarding of
grants to be based on wealth beginning with the lowest ranked applicant and provided that no school district shall be eligible
to receive a grant more than once every three years; P.A. 84-388 added new Subsec. (d) re cooperative arrangements between
boards of education, regional educational service centers and opportunities industrialization centers for the purchase of
computer hardware; P.A. 85-170 made technical changes to reflect changes in Secs. 10-265a and 10-265b and deleted bid
information requirement and provisions concerning the entering into of agreements, contained in Subsecs. (b) and (c);
P.A. 85-558 extended program under Subsec. (d) to fiscal year ending June 30, 1986 and included computer systems rather
than only hardware; P.A. 86-333 amended Subsec. (a) to clarify the determination of wealth ranking and reimbursement
percentages; P.A. 86-416 in Subsec. (a) substituted "subsection" for "section" re eligibility to receive grants and in Subsec.
(b) substituted "commissioner" for "state board", included installation and freight charges in grants for computer systems,
deleted the requirements that information be filed re bidding and type and cost of the equipment and added the requirement
that a copy of the purchase agreement and order be filed; substituted "ninety working days after payment" for "a reasonable
period of time after receipt"; deleted the requirement that proof of receipt of the equipment be filed, and specified that
certain sections not apply to the subsection; P.A. 87-405 amended Subsec. (b) to remove the limitation of the program to
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1986; P.A. 93-376 deleted former Subsec. (b) concerning cooperative arrangements with
opportunities industrialization centers for the purchase of computer systems, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 98-252 repealed
section, effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 amended P.A. 98-252 to remove section from list of those to be
repealed, effective June 24, 1998.