Connecticut § 10-290a - Advisory services re school plant planning.
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§ 10-290a. Advisory services re school plant planning.
Sec. 10-290a. Advisory services re school plant planning. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with 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; P.A. 11-51, S. 126; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)
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; P.A. 11-51 replaced “Commissioner of Education” with “Commissioner of Construction Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013.
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