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House Bill No. 5506
Public Act No. 22-118 516 of 739
section 10-285a of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section concerning the reimbursement percentage that a local board of education may be eligible to receive for a school building project, the town of Stamford may use the reimbursement rate of eighty per cent for the new construction project at Westhill High School (Project Number 22DASY135280N0622), provided the local board of education for the town of Stamford (1) establishes a pathway-to-career regional program at the new Westhill High School and such program enrolls students from and shares services with surrounding towns to reduce racial isolation in the community, and (2) meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said chapter and is eligible for grant assistance pursuant to said chapter. Sec. 382. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section requiring a completed grant application be submitted prior to June 30, 2021, for any school building project that was previously authorized and that has changed substantially in scope or cost and is seeking reauthorization, the new construction project at Torrington Middle & High School (Project Number 143-0076 N) with costs not to exceed one hundred seventy-nine million five hundred seventy-five thousand dollars shall be included in section 362 of this act and shall subsequently be considered for a grant commitment from the state, provided the town of Torrington meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said chapter and is eligible for grant assistance pursuant to said chapter.