Sec. 10-282. Definitions.
Sec. 10-282. Definitions. As used in this chapter, section 10-65 and section 10-76e:
(1) "Elementary school building" means any public school building designed to
house any combination of grades below grade seven or children requiring special education who are described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 10-76d;
(2) "Secondary school building" means any public school building designed to
house any combination of grades seven through twelve or any regional agricultural
science and technology education center established under the provisions of part IV of
chapter 164, and may also include any separate combination of grades five and six or
grade six with grades seven and eight in a program approved by the State Board of
Education when the use of special facilities generally associated with secondary schools
is an essential part of the program for all grades included in such school;
(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, 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;
(4) "Extension" of an existing school building means the addition to an existing
building or remaining portion of an existing building damaged by fire, flood or other
natural catastrophe, or the erection of a new structure or group of structures on the
same site which, together with the existing building, is designed to house pupils in an
educational program under the supervision of one school principal;
(5) "Replacement" of a school building means the erection of a new structure on
the same or another site to replace a school building totally destroyed by fire, flood or
other natural catastrophe or one to be abandoned for school use upon completion of its
replacement;
(6) "Major alteration" means a capital improvement of an existing building, the
total project costs of which exceed ten thousand dollars except for projects approved
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-65, for public school purposes resulting in improved educational conditions;
(7) "Code violation" means the correction of any condition in an existing building
for public school purposes, the total project costs of which exceed ten thousand dollars,
and which condition is in violation of the requirements of the State Building, Fire Safety
or Public Health Codes, state or federal Occupational, Safety and Health Administration
Codes, federal or state accessibility requirements or regulations of the federal Environmental Protection Agency or the state Department of Environmental Protection, state
Department of Public Health regulations for radon or federal standards for lead contamination in school drinking water;
(8) "Completed school building project" means a school building project declared
complete by the applicant board of education as of the date shown on the final application
for grant payment purposes as submitted by said board to the Commissioner of Education
or his agent;
(9) "Date of beginning of construction" means the date on which the general construction contract or the first phase thereof, purchase agreement or leasing agreement
is signed by the authorized agent of the town or regional school district;
(10) "Standards" means architectural, engineering and education space specifications and standards for facility eligibility;
(11) "Application" or "grant application" means formal notification of intention to
apply for a state grant-in-aid for a particular school building project;
(12) "Net eligible costs" means eligible project costs adjusted for the state standard
education space specifications;
(13) "Regional educational service center" means a body corporate and politic established pursuant to the provisions of part IVa of chapter 164;
(14) "Regional educational service center administrative or service facility" means
a building designed for administrative offices or residential facilities, operated by a
regional educational service center;
(15) "Agricultural science and technology education" includes vocational aquaculture and marine-related employment;
(16) "Bonds or municipal bonds", except as used in section 10-289, means (A) any
bond, note, certificate or other evidence of indebtedness, and (B) any energy conservation lease purchase agreement;
(17) "Energy conservation lease purchase agreement" means any lease purchase
agreement, installment sale agreement or other similar agreement providing for periodic
payments by a town or regional school district which (A) has as its purpose the financing
of a school building project concerning energy conservation, (B) separately states the
principal and interest components of the periodic payments to be made under the
agreement, and (C) provides that the town or regional school district acquire title to
the school building project upon payment of the total amount outstanding under the
agreement;
(18) "Renovation" means a school building project to totally refurbish an existing
building (A) which results in the renovated facility taking on a useful life comparable
to that of a new facility and which will cost less than building a new facility as determined
by the department, provided the school district may submit a feasibility study and cost
analysis of the project prepared by an independent licensed architect to the department
prior to final plan approval, (B) which was not renovated in accordance with this subdivision during the twenty-year period ending on the date of application, and (C) of which
not less than seventy-five per cent of the facility to be renovated is at least thirty years old;
(19) "Certified school indoor air quality emergency" means the existence of a building condition determined by the Department of Public Health to present a substantial
and imminent adverse health risk that requires remediation in an amount greater than
one hundred thousand dollars;
(20) "Turn-key purchase" means the purchase of a facility that a party has agreed
to construct or renovate and deliver as fully completed in accordance with an agreement
between that party and a purchasing school district.
(November, 1949, 1953, S. 978d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 65; 593, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 321, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 340, S.
2; 416, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 588, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 582, S. 1, 751, S. 7; P.A. 73-358, S. 1; P.A. 74-344, S. 1, 3; P.A. 76-418, S.
1, 18; P.A. 77-377; 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 84-460, S. 5, 16; P.A. 85-599, S. 1, 6; P.A. 86-333, S. 14, 32; P.A. 87-499,
S. 21, 34; P.A. 88-360, S. 28-30, 63; P.A. 89-387, S. 37, 41; P.A. 90-114, S. 2, 3; 90-256, S. 1, 9; P.A. 93-353, S. 6, 52;
93-378, S. 1, 4; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-270, S. 2, 11; P.A. 97-265, S. 75, 98; P.A. 99-239,
S. 15, 32; P.A. 00-220, S. 20, 43; P.A. 01-173, S. 25, 67; P.A. 03-220, S. 3; P.A. 06-158, S. 4; P.A. 07-249, S. 2; P.A. 08-152, S. 12, 13; 08-170, S. 29, 30.)
History: 1959 act added regional vocational agriculture center to definition of secondary school building; 1965 acts
defined "date of beginning of construction" and redefined "secondary school building" to include separate combinations
of grades five and six or grades six, seven and eight; 1967 act redefined "elementary school building" as one which houses
grades below the seventh rather than the ninth and defined "extension" and "major alteration"; 1969 acts redefined "school
building project" to include specific mention of Norwich Free Academy, Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy, included
"purchasing" and "improvement of an existing building for public school purposes" in definition of "school building
project" and added reference to purchase agreements in definition of "date of beginning of construction"; P.A. 73-358
redefined "school building project" to include "replacement" of buildings and to specify improvements "of the site" of
an existing building, redefined "extension" to include additions to remaining portions of buildings damaged by natural
catastrophe, redefined "major alteration" to specify purposes "resulting in improved educational, safety or health conditions" and to raise cost from $2,500 to $5,000, redefined "date of beginning of construction" to include date the first phase
of contract signed and defined "replacement"; P.A. 74-344 included leasing in definition of "school building project" and
leasing agreements in definition of "date of beginning of construction"; P.A. 76-418 increased cost to $10,000 in definition
of "major alteration" and defined "standards" and "application"; P.A. 77-377 included in "school building project" additions, renovations, etc. re buildings leased for at least 50 years; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for
secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-460 inserted Subsec. indicators, amended
definition of "major alteration" to except projects "approved pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-65", i.e. projects for
vocational agriculture centers, added definitions for "code violation" and "net eligible costs", and added reference to Secs.
10-65 and 10-76e; P.A. 85-599 added definitions of "regional educational service center" and "regional educational service
center administrative or service facility"; P.A. 86-333 substituted 20 for 50 years in Subsec. (c)(3); P.A. 87-499 redefined
"code violation" in Subsec. (g) to expand the number of codes and regulations applicable; P.A. 88-360 deleted "leasing"
of a building in Subsec. (c)(1) and added Subsec. (c)(4) re the leasing of a facility by a regional educational service center,
in Subsec. (h) substituted "applicant" for "state" board of education and "submitted by said board to" for "designated by"
the commissioner of education and amended Subsec. (m) to provide that a regional educational service center means a
body corporate and politic established pursuant to the provisions of part IVa of chapter 164; P.A. 89-387 added new Subsec.
(o) defining term "vocational agriculture"; P.A. 90-114 in Subsec. (g) added violations of regulations re radon and standards
for lead in drinking water to definition of "code violation"; P.A. 90-256 in Subsec. (a) redefined "elementary school
building" to include public school buildings to house certain children requiring special education; P.A. 93-353 amended
Subsec. (c) to specify that the equipping and furnishing be related to the construction, purchase, extension, replacement
or major alteration of a building, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-378 added new Subsecs. (p) defining "bonds or municipal
bonds" and (q) defining "energy conservation lease purchase agreement", respectively, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993;
P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and
Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-270 replaced lowercase alphabetic Subdiv. indicators and
numeric Subpara. indicators in Subdiv. (3), with numeric and uppercase alphabetic indicators, respectively, added the
definition of "renovation", redefined "school building project" to include renovation and made technical changes, effective
July 1, 1996 (Revisor's note: The numeric Subpara. indicators in Subdivs. (16) and (17) were changed editorially by the
Revisors to uppercase alphabetic indicators for consistency with Subdiv. (3) and customary statutory usage); P.A. 97-265
redefined "school building project" to delete leases of facility by a regional educational service center, effective July 1,
1997; P.A. 99-239 redefined "school building project" to add the exception for site costs provided in Sec. 10-286d(b),
effective June 28, 1999; P.A. 00-220 amended Subdiv. (18) to redefine "renovation", effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173
amended Subdiv. (3)(C) to require leasing approval by the Commissioner of Education rather than the State Board of
Education, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-220 added Subdiv. (19) defining "certified school indoor air quality emergency",
effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 06-158 added Subdiv. (20) defining "turn-key purchase", effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-249
amended Subdiv. (18) defining "renovation" to designate existing provisions as Subpara. (A) and add Subparas. (B) and
(C) restricting renovations to buildings not renovated during previous 20-year period and projects for which not less than
75% of facility is at least 30 years old, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-152 and 08-170 amended Subdivs. (2) and (15) to
change "vocational agriculture" to "agricultural science and technology education", effective July 1, 2008.
A school building site is not within the definition of a "school building project" hereunder, and section 10-291 is not
applicable to its acquisition. 168 C. 135. Cited. 181 C. 544.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 220 C. 556.