Connecticut HB 5147: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES REGARDING THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS STATUTES.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5147
February Session, 2026

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES REGARDING THE
SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 10-285a of the 2026 supplement to the general 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective July 1, 2026): 3
(a) (1) The percentage of school building project grant money a local 4
board of education may be eligible to receive, under the provisions of 5
section 10-286, as amended by this act, shall be assigned by the 6
Commissioner of Administrative Services in accordance with the 7
percentage calculated by the Commissioner of Education as follows: (A) 8
For grants approved pursuant to section 10-283 for which application is 9
made on and after July 1, 1991, and before July 1, 2011, (i) each town 10
shall be ranked in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine 11
according to such town's adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as 12
defined in section 10-261; and (ii) based upon such ranking, a percentage 13
of not less than twenty nor more than eighty shall be determined for 14
each town on a continuous scale; (B) for grants approved pursuant to 15
section 10-283 for which application is made on and after July 1, 2011, 16
and before July 1, 2017, (i) each town shall be ranked in descending 17
order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to such town's 18

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adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261, 19
and (ii) based upon such ranking, (I) a percentage of not less than ten 20
nor more than seventy shall be determined for new construction or 21
replacement of a school building for each town on a continuous scale, 22
and (II) a percentage of not less than twenty nor more than eighty shall 23
be determined for renovations, extensions, code violations, roof 24
replacements and major alterations of an existing school building and 25
the new construction or replacement of a school building when a town 26
or regional school district can demonstrate that a new construction or 27
replacement is less expensive than a renovation, extension or major 28
alteration of an existing school building for each town on a continuous 29
scale; (C) for grants approved pursuant to section 10-283 for which 30
application is made on and after July 1, 2017, and before June 1, 2022, (i) 31
each town shall be ranked in descending order from one to one hundred 32
sixty-nine according to the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, 33
as defined in section 10-261, of the town two, three and four years prior 34
to the fiscal year in which application is made, (ii) based upon such 35
ranking, (I) a percentage of not less than ten nor more than seventy shall 36
be determined for new construction or replacement of a school building 37
for each town on a continuous scale, and (II) a percentage of not less 38
than twenty nor more than eighty shall be determined for renovations, 39
extensions, code violations, roof replacements and major alterations of 40
an existing school building and the new construction or replacement of 41
a school building when a town or regional school district can 42
demonstrate that a new construction or replacement is less expensive 43
than a renovation, extension or major alteration of an existing school 44
building for each town on a continuous scale; (D) except as otherwise 45
provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for grants approved 46
pursuant to section 10-283 for which application is made on and after 47
June 1, 2022, (i) each town shall be ranked in descending order from one 48
to one hundred sixty-nine according to the adjusted equalized net grand 49
list per capita, as defined in section 10-261, of the town two, three and 50
four years prior to the fiscal year in which application is made, and (ii) 51
based upon such ranking, (I) a percentage of not less than ten nor more 52
than seventy shall be determined for new construction or replacement 53

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of a school building for each town on a continuous scale, and (II) a 54
percentage of not less than twenty nor more than eighty shall be 55
determined for renovations, extensions, code violations, roof 56
replacements and major alterations of an existing school building and 57
the new construction or replacement of a school building when a town 58
or regional school district can demonstrate that a new construction or 59
replacement is less expensive than a renovation, extension or major 60
alteration of an existing school building for each town on a continuous 61
scale; and (E) except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of this 62
subsection, for grants approved pursuant to section 10-283 for which 63
application is made on and after July 1, 2024, (i) each town shall