Connecticut State Statutes
Underlined portions pertain to the Academy. - Admin
Sec. 10-33. Tuition in towns in which no high school is maintained.Any local board of education which does not maintain a high school shall designate a high school approved by the State Board of Education as the school which any child may attend who has completed an elementary school course, and such board of education shall pay the tuition of such child residing with a parent or guardian in such school district and attending such high school.
(1949 Rev., S. 1371; P.A. 78-218, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” school board for “town” and “town school board” references and made other minor language changes.
Cited. 103 C. 160. Cited. 181 C. 544, 546-548.
Sec. 10-34. Approval by state board of incorporated or endowed high school or academy. The State Board of Education may examine any incorporated or endowed high school or academy in this state and, if it appears that such school or academy meets the requirements of the State Board of Education for the approval of public high schools, said board may approve such school or academy under the provisions of this part, and any town in which a high school is not maintained shall pay the whole of the tuition fees of pupils attending such school or academy, except if it is a school under ecclesiastical control.
(1949 Rev., S. 1372.)
Cited. 181 C. 544, 547, 548. Judgment of appellate court in Mary Petrowski v. Norwich Free Academy, 2 CA 551, 553, reversed. 199 C. 231 et seq.
Cited. 2 CA 551, 553; judgment reversed, see 199 C. 231 et seq.
Sec. 10-36. Agreements with Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy. Section 10-36 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996.
(1955, S. 891d; P.A. 78-218, S. 29; P.A. 86-294, S. 2, 3; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)
Sec. 10-76o. Special education at the Gilbert School, Norwich Free Academy and Woodstock Academy. The boards of trustees of the Gilbert School, Norwich Free Academy and Woodstock Academy shall provide for their students special education programs required to be provided by local and regional school districts in accordance with sections 10-76d to 10-76k, inclusive, and may charge any sending town for the costs of any such special education provided to a student for whose education such sending town is responsible and the sending town shall be eligible to apply for state payment for such costs under section 10-76g.
(P.A. 77-556; P.A. 79-128, S. 21, 36; P.A. 82-472, S. 30, 183; P.A. 94-245, S. 11, 46.)
History: P.A. 79-128 substituted “payment” for “reimbursement”; P.A. 82-472 changed “Edwin O. Smith” to “E. O. Smith”; P.A. 94-245 deleted obsolete language re E. O. Smith School and made technical changes, effective June 2, 1994.
Sec. 10-285b. School building project grants to incorporated or endowed high schools and academies. (a)(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, Woodstock Academy may apply and be eligible subsequently to be considered for school construction grant commitments from the state pursuant to this chapter. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection, any incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-34 may apply and be eligible subsequently to be considered for school construction grant commitments from the state pursuant to this chapter. (3) Applications pursuant to this subsection shall be filed at such time and on such forms as the state Department of Education prescribes. The Commissioner of Education shall approve such applications pursuant to the provisions of section 10-284 deemed applicable by the state Department of Education.
(b) In the case of a school building project, as defined in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (3) of section 10-282, the amount of the grant approved by said commissioner shall be computed pursuant to the provisions of section 10-286, and the eligible percentage shall be computed pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section. The calculation of the grant pursuant to this section shall be made in accordance with the state standard space specifications in effect at the time of final grant calculation.
(c) (1) The percentage of school building project grant money Woodstock Academy may be eligible to receive for school construction projects for which application was made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be determined by its ranking. The ranking shall be determined by (A) multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261, of each town which subsequent to October 1, 1985, and prior to October 1, 1986, designates Woodstock Academy as the high school for such town for a period of not less than five years, by such town’s percentile ranking, as determined in subsection (a) of section 10-285a, (B) adding together the figures for each town determined under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision by the total population of all towns which designate Woodstock Academy as their high school under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. The ranking determined pursuant to this subdivision shall be rounded to the next higher whole number. Woodstock Academy shall receive the same reimbursement percentage as would a town with the same rank.
(2) Except as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection, the percentage of school building project grant money each incorporated or endowed high school or academy may be eligible to receive under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be determined by its ranking. The ranking shall be determined by (A) multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261, of each town which at the time of application for such school construction grant commitment has designated such school as the high school for such town for a period of not less than five years from the date of such application, by such town’s percentile ranking, as determined in subsection (a) of section 10-285a, (B) adding together the figures for each town determined under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision by the total population of all towns which designate the school as their high school under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. The ranking determined pursuant to this subdivision shall be rounded to the next higher whole number. Such high school or academy shall receive the reimbursement percentage of a town with the same rank increased by five per cent, except that the reimbursement percentage of such high school or academy shall not exceed eighty-five per cent.
(d) (1) In order for Woodstock Academy to be eligible for a grant commitment pursuant to this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, said academy shall (A) provide educational facilities to the town or towns designating it as the high school for such town or towns for a period commencing on June 5, 1986, and not less than ten years after completion of grant payments under this section, and (B) provide that at least half of its executive committee, exclusive of the president, be representatives of the board or boards of education designating Woodstock Academy as the high school for each such board’s town.
(2) Except as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection, in order for an incorporated or endowed high school or academy to be eligible for a grant commitment pursuant to this section such high school or academy shall (A) provide educational services to the town or towns designating it as the high school for such town or towns for a period of not less than ten years after completion of grant payments under this section, and (B) provide that at least half of the governing board which exercises final educational, financial and legal responsibility for the high school or academy, exclusive of the chairman of such board, be representatives of the board or boards of education designating the high school or academy as the high school for each such board’s town.
(P.A. 86-294, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-461, S. 6, 7; P.A. 89-387, S. 27, 41; P.A. 90-256, S. 6, 9; P.A. 96-244, S. 27, 63; 96-270, S. 5, 11; P.A. 97-265, S. 77, 98; P.A. 98-252, S. 25, 80.)
History: P.A. 87-461 added “of the eligible project cost” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 89-387 in Subsec. (b) added a definition of “eligible project costs” for purposes of calculating grants pursuant to the subsection; P.A. 90-256 in Subsec. (a) added Subdiv. (2) re eligibility of incorporated or endowed high schools and academies for grant commitments and inserted Subdiv. (1) and (3) designations, in Subsec. (b) amended definition of “eligible project costs” by substituting any approved incorporated or endowed high school or academy for “Woodstock Academy”, in Subsec. (c) added Subdiv. (2) re reimbursement percentages for incorporated or endowed high schools and academies and made technical changes and in Subsec. (d) added Subdiv. (2) re conditions for eligibility for grant commitments and made technical changes; P.A. 96-244 made technical changes, deleting reference to Sec. 10-36, repealed elsewhere in the act, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-270 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-265 removed provision re grant payment of interest costs and made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsection (b) to remove language that repeated provisions of Sec. 10-286 and to make technical changes, and amended Subsec. (c) to provide for a five per cent increase with a cap of eighty-five per cent, effective July 1, 1998.
See Secs. 10-289d to 10-289g, inclusive, re loans and bond issues for private academy school building projects.
Sec. 10-289. Issuance of bonds for school building project. As used in this section, “school building project” means (1) the construction, purchase, extension, furnishing, equipping or major alteration of a building to be used for public school purposes, including the acquisition and improvement of land therefor, with the improvements thereon, if any, and (2) the construction, furnishing and equipping of any building which the towns of Norwich, Winchester and Woodstock may provide by lease or otherwise for use by the Norwich Free Academy, Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy, respectively, in furnishing education for public school pupils under the provisions of section 10-34. Any municipality upon approval by a vote of the members present at a regular or special meeting of its legislative body, shall have the power, without further authority from the General Assembly, to issue its bonds, or temporary notes related thereto, which shall be obligatory upon the inhabitants thereof, for the purpose of financing in whole or in part any school building project. School bonds, or temporary notes related thereto, authorized pursuant to this section or section 10-56, shall bear interest at such rate or rates as shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of resolutions authorizing such bonds or notes.
(November, 1949, 1953, June, 1955, S. 988d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 66; 593, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 695, S. 7; P.A. 74-114, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-418, S. 11, 18; P.A. 78-218, S. 197; P.A. 82-253, S. 3, 4.)
History: 1971 act included purchase of buildings in definition of “school building project” and included consolidated towns and cities and consolidated towns and boroughs in bonding authorization; P.A. 74-114 included in definition provisions re Norwich Free Academy, Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy; P.A. 76-418 added provision re interest on bonds; P.A. 78-218 substituted “municipality” for “town, consolidated town and city and consolidated town and borough”; P.A. 82-253 added references to temporary notes to be in conformance with provisions in Sec. 10-287 under which grant installment payments are related to payments on municipal bonds, including payments to retire temporary notes under certain conditions, effective July 1, 1982, and applicable to installment payments made on or after that date to retire temporary notes renewed for the third and subsequent years pursuant to Sec. 7-378a or 7-378e.
See Sec. 364d, 1955 supplement.
Acquisition of a school building site is not subject to section 10-291 and is not within the definition of a school building project. 168 C. 135. Cited. 220 C. 556, 563.
Sec. 10-289e. Private academy project proposal, public hearing, referendum vote. Any private academy may propose to undertake a school building project to be financed by a loan of the proceeds of bonds or notes of a qualifying municipality and to have such bonds or notes guaranteed by one or more qualifying municipalities as provided in sections 10-289d to 10-289g, inclusive. Any such proposal shall describe generally the school building project, the maximum amount of the loan, the maximum amount of any bonds or notes to be issued, the name of the qualifying municipality which will issue such bonds or notes and the name of each qualifying municipality which will guarantee the payment of such bonds or notes. The private academy shall submit any such proposal to the board of selectmen of each qualifying municipality named in the proposal which has a board of selectmen or to the town council in each qualifying municipality named in the proposal which has a town council. The board of selectmen or town council to which such a proposal is submitted may, and upon the recommendation of the board of education of such qualifying municipality shall, hold a public hearing and a referendum vote on such proposal. The referendum shall be held no later than ninety days after the private academy submits such a proposal to a qualifying municipality. A copy of the proposal shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of each qualifying municipality named in the proposal and shall be made available for public inspection during the period beginning at least five days prior to the public hearing and ending on the day of such referendum. Notice of the public hearing shall be posted and published in a newspaper which has a substantial circulation in the qualifying municipality at least five days prior to such public hearing. Notice of the referendum and the question to be proposed shall be posted and published in a newspaper which has a substantial circulation in the qualifying municipality at least thirty days prior to such referendum. The referendum shall be held between the hours of six a.m. and eight p.m. The vote shall be taken and the results of the vote canvassed and declared in the same manner as is provided for an election of officers of a town, except that any person entitled to vote under section 7-6 may vote. If, in each qualifying municipality named in the proposal, the majority of those persons voting vote in favor of the proposal, the proposal shall be approved.
(P.A. 87-461, S. 2, 7; 87-499, S. 28, 34.)
History: P.A. 87-499 deleted the provision that absentee voting not be permitted in the referendum.
Sec. 10-292h. Interest subsidy grants to incorporated or endowed high schools and academies. (a) For school building projects authorized by the General Assembly prior to July 1, 1996, and for projects pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-283 for which application was made prior to July 1, 1997, any incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-34 may apply and be eligible subsequently to be considered for interest subsidy grant commitments from the state pursuant to sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive. Applications pursuant to this subsection shall be filed at such time and on such forms as the Department of Education prescribes. The Commissioner of Education shall approve such applications pursuant to the provisions of section 10-292f deemed applicable by the Department of Education.
(b) The amount of any interest subsidy grant approved by said commissioner under this section shall be computed pursuant to the provisions of section 10-292i. Grant payments shall be made in accordance with sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive, as deemed applicable by the Department of Education.
(c) The percentage of interest subsidy grant money each incorporated or endowed high school or academy may be eligible to receive under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be determined by its ranking. The ranking shall be determined by (1) multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261, of each town which, at the time of application for such grant commitment, has designated such school as the high school for such town for a period of not less than five years from the date of such application, by such town’s percentile ranking, as determined in subsection (a) of section 10-292g, (2) adding together the figures for each town determined under subdivision (1) of this subsection and (3) dividing the total computed under subdivision (2) of this subsection by the total population of all towns which designate the school as their high school under subdivision (1) of this subsection. The ranking determined pursuant to this subdivision shall be rounded to the next higher whole number. Such high school or academy shall receive the same reimbursement percentage as would a town with the same rank.
(d) In order for an incorporated or endowed high school or academy to be eligible for an interest subsidy grant commitment pursuant to this section, such high school or academy shall (1) provide educational services to the town or towns designating it as the high school for such town or towns for a period of not less than ten years after completion of the interest subsidy grant payments under this section and (2) provide that at least half of the governing board which exercises final educational, financial and legal responsibility for the high school or academy, exclusive of the chairman of such board, be representatives of the board or boards of education designating the high school or academy as the high school for each such board’s town.
(P.A. 97-265, S. 90, 98; P.A. 03-76, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 03-76 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective June 3, 2003
Sec. 10-292n. Default by municipality or private academy. The loan obligation of a private academy and the bonds or notes issued to finance such loan pursuant to sections 10-289d to 10-289g, inclusive, shall be secured by all interest subsidy grants committed by the state to the private academy in connection with such financing. Whenever it is established that a qualifying municipality or private academy has defaulted in the payment of the principal or redemption premium or interest on its bonds or notes or on any payment obligation due under any loan agreement authorized by said sections 10-289d to 10-289g, inclusive, or any other event of default under any such loan agreement or guaranty agreement or the trust indenture for the bonds or notes occurs, the payment of interest subsidy grants to such qualifying municipality or private academy pursuant to any provision of the general statutes in effect at the time the default is established shall be withheld by the state. If the trustee, on behalf of a holder or owner of any such bond or note or such qualifying municipality or private academy, files with the State Comptroller a verified statement describing such default, the State Comptroller may investigate the circumstances of the alleged default, prepare and file in his office a certificate setting forth his finding with respect to the default and serve a copy of such finding, by registered or certified mail, upon the State Treasurer or chief fiscal officer of each such qualifying municipality and the private academy and the indenture trustee. Upon the filing of such a verified statement in the office of the State Comptroller, the State Comptroller shall deduct and withhold from all succeeding interest subsidy grant payments otherwise due each such qualifying municipality or private academy such amounts as are necessary to pay the interest on such bonds and notes of such a qualifying municipality until such time as the indenture trustee files a verified statement with the State Comptroller that all defaults have been cured. Payments of interest subsidy grants so deducted and withheld shall be forwarded promptly by the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer to the paying agent or agents for the bonds and notes for the sole purpose of payment of interest on such bonds or notes. The State Comptroller shall promptly notify the State Treasurer or the chief fiscal officer of each such qualifying municipality and the private academy of any payment or payments made to any paying agent or paying agents pursuant to this section. The state of Connecticut hereby covenants with the purchasers, holders and owners, from time to time, of bonds and notes issued by a qualifying municipality for school purposes that it will not limit or impair the rights and remedies granted by this section, provided nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the state to continue the payment of state aid or assistance to any qualifying municipality or private academy or as limiting or prohibiting the state from repealing or amending any law relating to state aid or assistance, the manner and time of payment or apportionment thereof or the amount thereof.
(P.A. 97-265, S. 96, 98.)
History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997.