Sec. 10-290d. Conveyance of air space over schools.
Sec. 10-290d. Conveyance of air space over schools. Any municipality, with the
approval of the Commissioner of Education, may convey any type of interest in air space
over land used for school purposes to a private developer for residential or commercial
uses or to a quasi-municipal or public nonmunicipal corporation. Said conveyance shall
be made upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer with the approval of
the legislative body of the municipality.
(1959, P.A. 611, S. 4; February, 1965, P.A. 340, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 705; P.A. 76-418, S. 14, 18; P.A. 84-460, S. 15, 16;
P.A. 88-360, S. 42, 63; P.A. 90-256, S. 4, 9.)
History: 1965 act required that plans and specifications are to be submitted "at such time and in such manner as the
state board of education may specify"; 1969 act added provisions re use of commercial or residential structures for school
purposes and incorporated as Subsec. (b) provisions re conveyance of air space over land used for school purposes to
private developer or quasi-municipal or public nonmunicipal corporation; P.A. 76-418 permitted state board to disapprove
state assistance for projects which fail to meet construction standards, replacing provision which required board to "state
in detail wherein it believes there has been a departure from such standards"; P.A. 84-460 deleted reference to school
construction economy service and deleted provisions re standards of construction to "include the use of commercial or
residential structures for school purposes"; P.A. 88-360 substituted "commissioner" for "state board" of education and
made a technical change; P.A. 90-256 deleted Subsec. (a) re the establishment of standards of construction and review by
the commissioner of education of preliminary plans and specifications.