Any school district which agrees to provide special education, as part of a long-term regional plan approved by the State Board of Education, for children requiring special education who reside in other school districts or a private academy, as defined in section 10-289d, which agrees to provide special education, as part of a long-term regional plan approved by the State Board of Education, for children requiring special education shall be eligible to receive a grant, through progress payments in accordance with the provisions of section 10-287i, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 173, which payments shall total an amount equal to eighty per cent of the net eligible cost to such district or to such academy of purchasing, constructing or reconstructing appropriate facilities to be used primarily for children requiring special education and equipping and furnishing of any such purchase, construction or reconstruction.

(1967, P.A. 627, S. 5; 1969, P.A. 793, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 84-460, S. 2, 16; P.A. 87-461, S. 5, 7; P.A. 93-353, S. 7, 52; P.A. 95-237, S. 2, 7; 95-259, S. 11, 32; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 6; P.A. 12-120, S. 17; P.A. 17-14, S. 2.)

History: 1969 act deleted phrase qualifying 100% grants for facilities, i.e. “if funds are available and the grant approved is made as a single grant” and added provision for lump sum payment when building project completed; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-460 amended section to provide that projects to acquire, construct or reconstruct or equip regional special education facilities would be eligible for school construction grants and deleted language re application process for grants pursuant to section; P.A. 87-461 made certain private academies eligible for grants pursuant to the section; P.A. 93-353 specified that the equipping and furnishing be related to the purchase, construction or reconstruction and changed the requirement for the use of the building from “exclusively” to “primarily” for children requiring special education, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-237 and P.A. 95-259 made identical technical changes, effective July 1, 1995, and July 6, 1995, respectively; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 replaced lump sum payments of the entire eligible cost with progress payments of 95% of the eligible cost, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 12-120 replaced progress payments of 95% of the net eligible cost with progress payments of 80% of the net eligible cost, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 17-14 deleted provision re facilities to be approved by State Board of Education and adjunct to or connected with facilities for children in regular school program, effective July 1, 2017.