HB05150 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING AUTHORIZATION OF STATE GRANT COMMITMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS AND REVISIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT STATUTES.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Education Committee
Last action: 2026-04-14
Official status: Tabled for the Calendar, House
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text lists specific estimated grant amounts for each project but does not guarantee final funding levels if projects change or are delayed.

State Grants for School Building Projects and Statute Updates

This law authorizes state grant commitments for six specific school construction projects in Connecticut towns and changes the rules to increase reimbursement rates for districts with significant enrollment growth.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes the Commissioner of Administrative Services to commit state grant money for six listed public school building projects based on a priority list approved by a General Assembly committee before February 1, 2026.
Approves estimated grants totaling over $150 million for schools in Milford, Norwich, Seymour, Stamford, Waterbury, and Westport.
Amends Section 10-285a of the general statutes starting July 1, 2026.
Increases the state reimbursement percentage by twenty points for school districts that have grown their student enrollment by at least twenty percent over the ten years immediately preceding an application.

Who It Names or Affects

The Commissioner of Administrative Services
Public school building projects in Milford, Norwich, Seymour, Stamford, Waterbury, and Westport
School districts with a twenty percent or greater increase in student enrollment over the ten years immediately preceding an application

Terms To Know

Grant commitment: A formal agreement by the state to provide money for a specific project.
Reimbursement percentage: The share of construction costs that the state pays back to the town or school district, which cannot exceed one hundred percent under this new rule.

Limits and Unknowns

Section 2 only applies if a district meets the strict twenty percent enrollment growth requirement over ten years.
The increased reimbursement percentage cannot result in a total exceeding one hundred percent of costs.
Grant commitments are authorized based on amounts approved by a committee prior to February 1, 2026.

Bill History

2026-04-14 FIN
Joint Favorable
2026-04-14 LCO
Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-04-14 LCO
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly
No New File by Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly
Tabled for the Calendar, House
2026-04-07 Connecticut General Assembly
Referred by House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
2026-03-11 LCO
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-03-11 Connecticut General Assembly
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2026-03-11 Connecticut General Assembly
House Calendar Number 35
2026-03-11 LCO
File Number 10
2026-03-05 LCO
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/10/26 5:00 PM
2026-03-02 LCO
Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-02-27 ED
Joint Favorable
2026-02-13 Connecticut General Assembly
Public Hearing 02/20
2026-02-11 Connecticut General Assembly
Referred to Joint Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

To authorize state grant commitments for school building projects and make revisions to the school building project statutes.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5150
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING AUTHORIZATION OF STATE GRANT
COMMITMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS AND
REVISIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative 1
Services, having reviewed applications for state grants for public school 2
building projects in accordance with section 10 -283 of the general 3
statutes on the basis of priorities for such projects and standards for 4
school construction established by the State Board of Education, and 5
having prepared a listing of all such eligible projects ranked in order of 6
priority, as determined by said commissioner together with the amount 7
of the estimated grant with respect to each eligible project, and having 8
submitted such listing of eligible projects, prior to December 15, 2025, to 9
a committee of the General Assembly established under section 10-283a 10
of the general statutes for the purpose of reviewing such listing, is 11
hereby authorized to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state 12
in accordance with said section 10 -283a with respect to the priority 13
listing of such projects and in such estimated amounts as approved by 14
said committee prior to February 1, 2026, as follows: 15
T1 School District Estimated Estimated
T2 School Project Costs Grant
T3 Project Number
T4
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T5 MILFORD
T6 Jonathan Law High School
T7 084-0217 EA $12,650,000 $4,968,920
T8
T9 NORWICH
T10 Teachers' Memorial Global Studies
T11 Magnet Middle School
T12 104-0122 N $69,367,713 $55,494,170
T13
T14 SEYMOUR
T15 Bungay Elementary School
T16 124-0058 N $60,000,000 $38,748,000
T17
T18 STAMFORD
T19 Julia Stark Elementary School
T20 135-0294 A/EC $14,347,081 $8,608,249
T21
T22 WATERBURY
T23 Roberto Clemente International Dual
T24 Language School
T25 151-0318 EA $38,755,850 $30,589,992
T26
T27 WESTPORT
T28 Long Lots Elementary School
T29 158-0101 N $110,472,124 $12,229,264

Sec. 2. Section 10-285a of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes 16
is amended by adding subsection (m) as follows (Effective July 1, 2026): 17
(NEW) (m) On and after July 1, 2026, if the student enrollment of a 18
school district has increased by twenty per cent or more over the ten -19
year period immediately preceding the date an application is submitted 20
pursuant to section 10 -283, the reimbursement percentage of the town 21
of such school district shall be increased by twenty percentage points, 22
provided such increase shall not result in a reimbursement percentage 23
exceeding one hundred per cent. 24
Substitute Bill No. 5150

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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2026 10-285a(m)

ED Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
FIN Joint Favorable