Sec. 10-285h. Projects for charter schools: Pilot program.
Sec. 10-285h. Projects for charter schools: Pilot program. (a) For the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2006, there shall be established a pilot program for the development of
a school building facility to be used for a state charter school. The Commissioner of
Education may receive applications for the purchase and renovation of a building to be
used as a state charter school facility. The amount of the grant shall be equal to the net
eligible expenditures multiplied by the school construction reimbursement rate for the
town in which the facility will be located. Enrollment projections identified in the application may exceed current charter school enrollment limitations, if approved by the
commissioner. The provisions of this chapter concerning school construction projects
and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education, in accordance with this chapter,
shall apply to the project, except as provided by this section.
(b) Eligible applicants shall be successful state charter school governing boards that
have operated a charter school for at least five years and have had the charter of the school
renewed by the State Board of Education. The application shall include information
concerning the charter school that describes: (1) Academic success, including test results
on mastery examinations pursuant to section 10-14n, (2) attendance records of students,
(3) student success in completing the program of studies offered by the school, (4)
parental involvement in the operation and decisions of the governing board, and (5)
other such information as is required by the Commissioner of Education. The application
shall be submitted in such form, manner and time as determined by the commissioner.
(c) The Commissioner of Education may select one application for state grant assistance. The commissioner shall notify the school construction committee pursuant to
section 10-283a of the commissioner's selection and the proposed funding for such state
charter school project. The school construction committee shall consider the application
in conjunction with the committee's review of the listing of eligible projects developed
in accordance with section 10-283. If the school construction committee approves the
request for funding, the committee shall include such grant request as a separately-listed
item on a special supplementary schedule for such pilot charter school project on the
listing of eligible projects developed in accordance with section 10-283.
(d) If a state charter school that received a grant pursuant to this section ceases to
be used as a state charter school facility, the Commissioner of Education shall determine
whether title to the building and any legal interest in appurtenant land shall revert to
the state.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-6, S. 39.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-6 effective July 1, 2005.