Sec. 10-283c. Consolidated school construction grant application for multiple projects in a distressed municipality.
Sec. 10-283c. Consolidated school construction grant application for multiple
projects in a distressed municipality. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter
or the regulations adopted under this chapter, a local board of education in a town that
is a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p, with a population greater than
ninety thousand shall be eligible to submit a consolidated school construction grant
application for multiple school projects and be eligible to receive a single grant equal
to the state share of total project costs. Based on a determination by the Office of Policy
and Management that any such municipality is unable to reasonably issue debt to finance
the local share of such costs, discretionary federal block grant funds may be deemed to
have financed the local share of total project costs without regard to any zone restrictions
that may limit the actual expenditure of such funds to specific schools. Notwithstanding
the provisions of subdivision (18) of section 10-282, projects whose eligibility is provided for under this section may be considered renovations for purposes of receiving
state grants.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-2, S. 35.)
History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-2 effective July 1, 2002.