Sec. 10-65. Grants for constructing and operating agricultural science and technology education centers. Tuition charges.
Sec. 10-65. Grants for constructing and operating agricultural science and
technology education centers. Tuition charges. (a) Each local or regional school district operating an agricultural science and technology education center approved by the
State Board of Education for program, educational need, location and area to be served
shall be eligible for the following grants: (1) In accordance with the provisions of chapter
173, through progress payments in accordance with the provisions of section 10-287i,
ninety-five per cent of the net eligible costs of constructing, acquiring, renovating and
equipping approved facilities to be used for such agricultural science and technology
education center, for the expansion or improvement of existing facilities or for the replacement or improvement of equipment therein, and (2) subject to the provisions of
section 10-65b, in an amount equal to one thousand three hundred fifty-five dollars per
student for every secondary school student who was enrolled in such center on October
first of the previous year.
(b) Each local or regional board of education not maintaining an agricultural science
and technology education center shall provide opportunities for its students to enroll in
one or more such centers in a number that is at least equal to the number specified in
any written agreement with each such center or centers, or in the absence of such an
agreement, a number that is at least equal to the average number of its students that the
board of education enrolled in each such center or centers during the previous three
school years, provided, in addition to such number, each such board of education shall
provide opportunities for its students to enroll in the ninth grade in a number that is at
least equal to the number specified in any written agreement with each such center or
centers, or in the absence of such an agreement, a number that is at least equal to the
average number of students that the board of education enrolled in the ninth grade in
each such center or centers during the previous three school years. If a local or regional
board of education provided opportunities for students to enroll in more than one center
for the school year commencing July 1, 2007, such board of education shall continue
to provide such opportunities to students in accordance with this subsection. The board
of education operating an agricultural science and technology education center may
charge, subject to the provisions of section 10-65b, tuition for a school year in an amount
not to exceed eighty-two and five-tenths per cent of the foundation level pursuant to
subdivision (9) of section 10-262f, per student for the fiscal year in which the tuition is
paid, except that such board may charge tuition for (1) students enrolled under shared-time arrangements on a pro rata basis, and (2) special education students which shall
not exceed the actual costs of educating such students minus the amounts received
pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section and subsection (c) of this
section. Any tuition paid by such board for special education students in excess of the
tuition paid for non-special-education students shall be reimbursed pursuant to section
10-76g.
(c) In addition to the grants described in subsection (a) of this section, within available appropriations, (1) each local or regional board of education operating an agricultural science and technology education center in which more than one hundred and fifty
of the students in the prior school year were out-of-district students shall be eligible to
receive, a grant in an amount equal to five hundred dollars for every secondary school
student enrolled in such center on October first of the previous year, (2) on and after
July 1, 2000, if a local or regional board of education operating an agricultural science
and technology education center that received a grant pursuant to subdivision (1) of this
subsection, no longer qualifies for such a grant, such local or regional board of education
shall receive a grant in an amount determined as follows: (A) For the first fiscal year
such board of education does not qualify for a grant under said subdivision (1), a grant
in the amount equal to four hundred dollars for every secondary school student enrolled
in its agricultural science and technology education center on October first of the previous year, (B) for the second successive fiscal year such board of education does not so
qualify, a grant in an amount equal to three hundred dollars for every such secondary
school student enrolled in such center on said date, (C) for the third successive fiscal
year such board of education does not so qualify, a grant in an amount equal to two
hundred dollars for every such secondary school student enrolled in such center on said
date, and (D) for the fourth successive fiscal year such board of education does not so
qualify, a grant in an amount equal to one hundred dollars for every such secondary
school student enrolled in such center on said date, and (3) each local and regional board
of education operating an agricultural science and technology education center that does
not receive a grant pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection shall receive a
grant in an amount equal to sixty dollars for every secondary school student enrolled
in such center on said date.
(d) (1) If there are any remaining funds after the amount of the grants described in
subsections (a) and (c) of this section are calculated, within available appropriations,
each local or regional board of education operating an agricultural science and technology education center shall be eligible to receive a grant in an amount equal to one
hundred dollars for each student enrolled in such center on October first of the previous
school year. (2) If there are any remaining funds after the amount of the grants described
in subdivision (1) of this subsection are calculated, within available appropriations, each
local or regional board of education operating an agricultural science and technology
education center that had more than one hundred and fifty out-of-district students enrolled in such center on October first of the previous school year shall be eligible to
receive a grant based on the ratio of the number of out-of-district students in excess of
one hundred and fifty out-of-district students enrolled in such center on said date to the
total number of out-of-district students in excess of one hundred and fifty out-of-district
students enrolled in all agricultural science and technology education centers that had
in excess of one hundred and fifty out-of-district students enrolled on said date.
(1955, S. 921d; 1961, P.A. 40; 1967, P.A. 638, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 48; P.A. 82-204, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-106, S. 1, 2; P.A.
84-460, S. 1, 16; P.A. 85-463, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-71, S. 5, 11; P.A. 89-355, S. 3, 20; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 2, 22; P.A.
93-410, S. 2, 6; P.A. 95-226, S. 14, 30; P.A. 96-178, S. 8, 18; P.A. 97-247, S. 13, 27; P.A. 00-192, S. 82, 102; P.A. 01-173, S. 11, 67; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 5; P.A. 04-197, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 24; P.A. 08-152, S. 2; 08-170, S. 20.)
History: 1961 act changed references from high school to secondary school; 1967 act amended Subdiv. (a) to delete
limitation to centers to be built and equipped before June 30, 1967, to delete number of centers to total of 24 for entire
state and to allow grants for expansion and improvement of existing facilities and for replacement or improvement of
equipment; P.A. 78-218 substituted "local" for "town" boards of education; P.A. 82-204 permitted boards of education to
charge actual cost of education for special education students and made special education tuition a reimbursable expense
under state special education formula; P.A. 83-106 excluded from "total cost of operating" calculation transportation
expenditures otherwise reimbursable and stipulated use of previous year's average daily membership count in car grant
calculation; P.A. 84-460 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that projects to construct, acquire, renovate or equip vocational
agriculture centers would be eligible for school construction grants; P.A. 85-463 added Subsec. (b) re grant eligibility of
E.O. Smith School; P.A. 86-71 deleted the references to Sec. 10-266n which was repealed and added the reference to Sec.
10-97; P.A. 89-355 deleted Subsec. (b) re E.O. Smith School, restructured the section with a new Subsec. (b) designation
and provided that tuition grants be phased out and not be paid for the fiscal years following the fiscal year ending June 30,
1990, and made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. 91-7 provided for a grant equal to $700 per student in Subsec. (a),
eliminating grants for the total cost of operating a vocational agriculture center and amended Subsec. (b) to limit tuition
to the average per pupil expenditures for all students enrolled in the vocational agriculture center minus $700 rather than
the average per pupil expenditure for all secondary school pupils in the receiving district and eliminated grants to sending
school districts; P.A. 93-410 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to add "subject to the provisions of section 10-65b" and further
amended Subsec. (b) to change the method for computing the cap on tuition charges, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-226
made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended Subsec. (b) to substitute 102% for 121% and in Subdiv. (2) to
substitute references to amounts received pursuant to Subsecs. (a) and (c) for $700 and added Subsec. (c) concerning an
additional grant, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-178 added Subsec. (d) re additional grants, effective July 1, 1996; P.A.
97-247 amended Subsec. (a) to remove requirement that facilities and equipment for which a grant is received pursuant
to chapter 173 be used "exclusively" for vocational agricultural purposes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-192 amended
Subsec. (c) by adding new Subdiv. (2) re grants to local or regional boards operating vocational agriculture centers and
designating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 amended Subsec. (d) to make technical
changes, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to replace lump sum payments of the
entire eligible cost with progress payments of 95% of the eligible cost, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 04-197 amended Subsec.
(b) by increasing maximum tuition from 102% to 120% of foundation level and by making a technical change, effective
July 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase per pupil grant from $700 to $1,355 and amended
Subsec. (b) to require boards of education to provide students an opportunity to enroll in a vocational agricultural center
in a number that at least equals the number in any written agreement or the average number enrolled over the previous
three years and to change limit on tuition charges from 120% to 82.5% of the foundation level, effective July 1, 2007;
P.A. 08-152 and 08-170 changed "vocational agriculture" to "agricultural science and technology education" throughout,
amended Subsec. (b) to provide that students in ninth grade shall be permitted to enroll in centers in a number that is at least
equal to the average number enrolled during previous 3 school years and that if district provided enrollment opportunities at
more than one center commencing July 1, 2007, the district shall continue to provide such opportunities and made a
technical change in Subsec. (c)(3), effective July 1, 2008.