Bill Text: CT HB07022 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Authorization Of State Grant Commitments For School Building Projects And Changes To The Statutes Concerning School Building Projects.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-14 - File Number 819 [HB07022 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-HB07022-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 7022 | ||
January Session, 2015 |
LCO No. 5111 | ||
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING AUTHORIZATION OF STATE GRANT COMMITMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS AND CHANGES TO THE STATUTES CONCERNING SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, having reviewed applications for state grants for public school building projects in accordance with section 10-283 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, on the basis of priorities for such projects and standards for school construction established by the State Board of Education, and having prepared a listing of all such eligible projects ranked in order of priority, including a separate schedule of previously authorized projects which have changed substantially in scope or cost, as determined by said commissioner together with the amount of the estimated grant with respect to each eligible project, and having submitted such listing of eligible projects, prior to December 15, 2014, to a committee of the General Assembly established under section 10-283a of the general statutes for the purpose of reviewing such listing, is hereby authorized to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state in accordance with said section 10-283 with respect to the priority listing of such projects and in such estimated amounts as approved by said committee prior to February 1, 2015, as follows:
(1) Estimated Grant Commitments.
T1 |
School District |
Estimated |
Estimated |
T2 |
School |
Project Costs |
Grant |
T3 |
Project Number |
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T4 |
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T5 |
SOUTH WINDSOR |
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T6 |
Orchard Hill Elementary School |
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T7 |
132-0083 N |
$33,521,724 |
$11,611,925 |
T8 |
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T9 |
STAMFORD |
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T10 |
Rogers Interdistrict Magnet Extension |
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T11 |
135-0277 MAG/PF |
77,312,385 |
61,849,908 |
T12 |
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T13 |
CREC |
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T14 |
Aerospace Elementary |
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T15 |
241-0105 MAG/N/PS |
61,572,181 |
49,257,745 |
T16 |
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T17 |
GOODWIN COLLEGE |
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T18 |
Goodwin College Early Childhood |
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T19 |
Magnet School |
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T20 |
542-0005 MAG/N |
19,935,061 |
15,948,049 |
T21 |
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T22 |
NORTH HAVEN |
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T23 |
North Haven Middle School |
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T24 |
101-0047 EA/RR |
69,814,452 |
27,674,449 |
T25 |
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T26 |
SIMSBURY |
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T27 |
Squadron Line School |
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T28 |
128-0105 A |
1,050,000 |
345,030 |
T29 |
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T30 |
SIMSBURY |
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T31 |
Henry James Memorial School |
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T32 |
128-0106 A/CV |
1,055,000 |
346,673 |
T33 |
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T34 |
REGION 1 |
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T35 |
Housatonic Valley Regional High |
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T36 |
School |
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T37 |
201-0044 A |
318,198 |
137,493 |
T38 |
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T39 |
CLINTON |
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T40 |
Jared Eliot School |
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T41 |
027-0062 A/EC |
600,000 |
267,840 |
T42 |
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T43 |
NEW CANAAN |
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T44 |
South School |
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T45 |
090-0046 A/EC |
2,533,367 |
515,794 |
T46 |
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T47 |
NEW LONDON |
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T48 |
Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School |
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T49 |
095-0089 EC |
1,989,963 |
1,549,385 |
T50 |
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T51 |
OLD SAYBROOK |
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T52 |
Kathleen E. Goodwin School |
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T53 |
106-0039 EC |
1,610,243 |
454,250 |
T54 |
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T55 |
WINDHAM |
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T56 |
W. B. Sweeney School |
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T57 |
163-0074 EC |
100,000 |
79,290 |
T58 |
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T59 |
WINDHAM |
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T60 |
Windham Middle School |
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T61 |
163-0075 EC |
1,720,000 |
1,363,788 |
T62 |
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T63 |
WINDSOR LOCKS |
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T64 |
Windsor Locks High School |
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T65 |
165-0079 EC |
7,555,000 |
4,101,610 |
T66 |
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T67 |
WOODBRIDGE |
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T68 |
Beecher Road School |
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T69 |
167-0025 A/RR/EC |
13,345,000 |
3,717,917 |
T70 |
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T71 |
ACES |
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T72 |
ACES Village School |
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T73 |
244-0038 SP/EC |
1,231,748 |
985,398 |
T74 |
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T75 |
ACES |
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T76 |
ACES Mill Road School |
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T77 |
244-0039 SP/EC |
1,223,678 |
978,942 |
(2) Previously Authorized Projects That Have Changed Substantially in Scope or Cost which are Seeking First Reauthorization.
T78 |
School District |
Authorized |
Requested |
T79 |
School |
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T80 |
Project Number |
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T81 |
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T82 |
BRIDGEPORT |
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T83 |
New Harding High School |
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T84 |
015-0173 |
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T85 |
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T86 |
Estimated… |
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T87 |
Total Project Costs |
$78,254,163 |
$106,629,000 |
T88 |
Total Grant |
$61,202,581 |
$83,394,541 |
T89 |
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T90 |
BRIDGEPORT |
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T91 |
Central High School |
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T92 |
015-0174 EA/RR |
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T93 |
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T94 |
Estimated… |
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T95 |
Total Project Costs |
$73,418,940 |
$86-419,000 |
T96 |
Total Grant |
$57,420,953 |
$67,588,300 |
T97 |
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T98 |
NAUGATUCK |
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T99 |
Naugatuck High School |
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T100 |
088-0067 BE/RNV/E |
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T101 |
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T102 |
Estimated… |
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T103 |
Total Project Costs |
$77,967,900 |
$79,100,300 |
T104 |
Total Grant |
$58,475,925 |
$59,325,300 |
T105 |
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T106 |
NAUGATUCK |
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T107 |
Central Administration |
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T108 |
088-0068 BE/RNV |
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T109 |
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T110 |
Estimated… |
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T111 |
Total Project Costs |
$3,032,100 |
$1,900,000 |
T112 |
Total Grant |
$1,137,038 |
$712,500 |
T113 |
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T114 |
CREC |
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T115 |
CREC Discovery Academy |
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T116 |
241-0100 MAG/PF/EA |
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T117 |
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T118 |
Estimated… |
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T119 |
Total Project Costs |
$35,675,000 |
$52,046,374 |
T120 |
Total Grant |
$33,891,250 |
$49,444,055 |
T121 |
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T122 |
ACES |
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T123 |
Educational Center for the Arts-Little |
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T124 |
Theater |
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T125 |
244-0037 MAG/EA |
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T126 |
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T127 |
Estimated… |
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T128 |
Total Project Costs |
$6,986,129 |
$8,959,583 |
T129 |
Total Grant |
$6,636,823 |
$8,511,604 |
(3) Previously Authorized Project For The Technical High School System That Has Changed Substantially in Scope or Cost which is Seeking Reauthorization.
T130 |
School District |
Authorized |
Requested |
T131 |
School |
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T132 |
Project Number |
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T133 |
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T134 |
CTHSS (BRIDGEPORT) |
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T135 |
Bullard-Havens |
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T136 |
900-0015 VT/EA |
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T137 |
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T138 |
Estimated… |
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T139 |
Total Project Costs |
$ 27,331,000 |
$ 60,383,000 |
T140 |
Total Grant |
$ 27,331,000 |
$ 60,383,000 |
T141 |
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T142 |
CTHSS (WINDHAM) |
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T143 |
Windham |
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T144 |
900-0016 VT/EA |
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T145 |
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T146 |
Estimated… |
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T147 |
Total Projects Costs |
$42,051,000 |
$151,294,981 |
T148 |
Total Grant |
$42,051,000 |
$151,294,981 |
T149 |
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T150 |
CTHSS (MIDDLETOWN) |
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T151 |
Vinal |
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T152 |
900-0017 VT/EA |
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T153 |
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T154 |
Estimated… |
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T155 |
Total Projects Costs |
$51,076,000 |
$156,825,315 |
T156 |
Total Grant |
$51,076,000 |
$156,825,315 |
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2015) (a) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Department of Administrative Services shall develop a standard checklist for construction projects of school buildings. Such checklist shall include, but need not be limited to, testing for polychlorinated biphenyls and asbestos.
(b) On and after October 1, 2015, the Department of Administrative Services shall conduct an assessment of any construction project of a school building receiving state funding for compliance with the standard checklist developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2015) (a) The Department of Administrative Services shall establish a school building project clearinghouse for the collection and distribution of school building project designs, plans and specifications. Such clearinghouse shall consist of a publicly accessible database for the collection and storage of relevant publications and school building project designs, plans and specifications that have been approved by the department pursuant to chapter 173 of the general statutes.
(b) Any architect or professional engineer who is registered or licensed to practice such person's profession in accordance with the applicable provisions of the general statutes may submit school building project designs, plans and specifications for posting in the school building project clearinghouse. The licensed architect of record or professional engineer of record shall retain ownership and liability for any such design, plan or specifications submitted to the school building project clearinghouse.
Sec. 4. Subsection (d) of section 10-283 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):
(d) No [application for a] school building project shall be [accepted by the Commissioner of Education or] added to the list prepared by the Commissioner of Administrative Services [on or after July 1, 2002] pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, unless the applicant, prior to submitting an application, has (1) secured funding authorization for the local share of the project costs [prior to application] and such authorization has become effective pursuant to the general statutes and local ordinance or charter, or (2) scheduled and prepared a referendum, if required, the results of which shall be submitted on or before the fifteenth day of November in the year of application. The reimbursement percentage for a project covered by this subsection shall reflect the rates in effect during the fiscal year in which such local funding authorization is secured.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2015 |
New section |
Sec. 3 |
July 1, 2015 |
New section |
Sec. 4 |
July 1, 2015 |
10-283(d) |
ED |
Joint Favorable C/R |
FIN |