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Statutes > Connecticut > Title10 > Chap173 > Sec10-292oSec. 10-292o. Leasing of facilities by regional educational service centers; grants. (a) For purposes of this section, "regional educational service center leases" means the lease of a facility by a regional educational service center for use in furnishing educational programs and services.
(b) Each regional educational service center may apply for and accept grants for regional educational service center leases as provided in this section. Any regional educational service center desiring a grant for a regional educational service center lease may vote to authorize the regional educational service center to apply to the Commissioner of Education for and to accept or reject such grant. Applications for a regional educational service center lease grant shall be made on the form provided and in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Education.
(c) The Commissioner of Education shall receive, review, approve and disapprove applications for regional educational service center lease grants under this section.
(d) The amount of the regional educational service center lease grant approved by the Commissioner of Education under the provisions of this section shall be the eligible percentage, as determined in subsection (c) of section 10-285a, times the eligible lease costs as determined by the Commissioner of Education. Grants pursuant to this section shall be paid on a current year basis if the regional educational service center files an application to lease a facility with the Department of Education on or before August first of each year. No such facility or portion thereof shall be eligible for a grant under this section unless the local fire marshal has declared the facility suitable for occupancy as a facility for use in furnishing educational programs and services. Eligible costs pursuant to this section shall be limited to the lease cost of the building, net of any other costs. Grant payments shall be made as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the estimated cost in October, twenty-five per cent of the estimated cost in January, and the balance of the estimated cost in April. The actual cost will be reported on or before September first following the year of application in the end of school year report filed by each regional educational service center. If the Commissioner of Education determines that there has been an underpayment or overpayment in a grant made pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall calculate the amount of the underpayment or overpayment and shall adjust the amount of the grant payment for the fiscal year next following the fiscal year in which such underpayment or overpayment was made. The amount of the adjustment shall be equal to the amount of the underpayment or overpayment. If the amount of the overpayment exceeds the grant payment for the fiscal year next following the fiscal year in which such overpayment was made, the regional educational service center shall, upon the request of the commissioner, pay the department the difference. Any lease pursuant to this section shall be for a period not to exceed twenty years. In no event shall the reimbursement pursuant to this section be based upon a cost per square foot which exceeds the cost determined to be reasonable by the Commissioner of Education. In the case of any grants computed under this section, any federal funds or other state funds received for such costs covered by the grant shall be deducted from cost estimates prior to computation of the grant. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2009, inclusive, the amount of the grants payable to regional educational service centers in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of this section for such year.
(P.A. 97-265, S. 97, 98; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 11; P.A. 04-26, S. 9; P.A. 05-245, S. 43; P.A. 06-13, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision re proportional reduction of grants for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-26 made technical changes in Subsec. (d), effective April 28, 2004; P.A. 05-245 amended Subsec. (d) by extending the proportional reduction of grants through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-13 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective May 2, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 amended Subsec. (d) to extend proportional reduction of grants through fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, effective July 1, 2007.
