Connecticut § 10-283b - School building projects for the Technical Education and Career System.

§ 10-283b. School building projects for the Technical Education and Career System.

Sec. 10-283b. School building projects for the Technical Education and Career System. (a) On and after July 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall include school building projects for the Technical Education and Career System on the list developed pursuant to section 10-283. The adoption of the list by the General Assembly and authorization by the State Bond Commission of the issuance of bonds pursuant to section 10-287d shall fund the full cost of the projects. On or after July 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, may approve applications for grants to assist school building projects for the Technical Education and Career System to remedy damage from fire and catastrophe, to correct safety, health and other code violations, to replace roofs, to remedy a certified school indoor air quality emergency, or to purchase and install portable classroom buildings at any time within the limit of available grant authorization and to make payments on such a project within the limit of appropriated funds, provided portable classroom building projects do not create a new facility or cause an existing facility to be modified so that the portable buildings comprise a substantial percentage of the total facility area, as determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Such projects shall be subject to the requirements of chapters 59 and 60.

(b) The Department of Administrative Services shall ensure that an architect and a construction manager or construction administrator hired to work on a project pursuant to subsection (a) of this section are not related persons as defined in subdivision (18) of subsection (a) of section 12-218b.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the Department of Administrative Services shall develop a status report on all current and pending school building projects for the Technical Education and Career System. Such status report shall include, but need not be limited to, the costs associated with each such school building project for the Technical Education and Career System, the anticipated date of the next project application per technical education and career school, and the projected date of commencement of pending school building projects and the date of completion of current school building projects for the Technical Education and Career System. The department shall submit such status report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.

(P.A. 99-281, S. 2, 6; P.A. 06-158, S. 6; P.A. 07-249, S. 6; P.A. 11-51, S. 118; P.A. 12-116, S. 86; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 17-237, S. 83; P.A. 21-111, S. 115.)

History: P.A. 99-281 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 06-158 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re architect and construction manager or administrator, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-249 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that on or after July 1, 2007, commissioner may approve grant applications for certain emergency situations and remedial projects, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “1999” with “2011” and “Commissioner of Education” with “Commissioner of Construction Services” re inclusion of vocational-technical schools on list, deleting provision re projects reviewed by Department of Public Works, replacing “2007” with “2011” and “commissioner” with “Commissioner of Construction Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education” re approval of applications for certain types of projects, deleting provision re transfer of project funds to Department of Public Works and making a conforming change, and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Department of Public Works” with “Department of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to regional vocational-technical school system and schools with references to technical high school system and schools, effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to technical high schools and technical high school system with references to Technical Education and Career System, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 21-111 added Subsec. (c) re status report on all current and pending school building projects, effective July 1, 2021.