Sec. 10-290a. Commissioner of Education to provide advisory services re school plant planning.
Sec. 10-290a. Commissioner of Education to provide advisory services re
school plant planning. The Commissioner of Education shall provide advisory services
to local officials and agencies on long range school plant planning and educational
specifications and review the sketches and preliminary plans and outline specifications
for any school building project and the educational program which it is designed to
house and advise boards of education and school building committees regarding the
suitability of such plans on the basis of educational effectiveness, sound construction
and reasonable economy of cost, including energy economy and efficiency.
(1959, P.A. 611, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 434, S. 1; P.A. 76-418, S. 12, 18; P.A. 77-597, S. 3; 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 84-460,
S. 13, 16; P.A. 85-613, S. 23, 154; P.A. 88-360, S. 40, 63.)
History: 1969 act included in duties of school construction economy service the provision of advisory services for long-range school plant planning and educational specifications and limited duty re plans and specifications to preliminary plans
and specifications, deleting reference to final plans and specifications; P.A. 76-418 allowed board to employ engineers
and to use expertise of public works department; P.A. 77-597 included advice concerning energy economy and efficiency
and allowed board to hire accountants; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of administrative services for department of
public works; P.A. 84-460 deleted provisions re school construction economy service and provisions re "employment of
necessary staff, including architects, engineers and accountants..."; P.A. 85-613 made technical changes; P.A. 88-360
substituted "commissioner" for "state board" of education.