AN ACT CONCERNING TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL WIRING FOR TECHNOLOGY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-4h of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2006):

(a) The Department of Education, in consultation with the Commission for Educational Technology, shall establish a competitive grant program, within the limit of the bond authorization for purposes of this section, to assist (1) local and regional school districts, (2) regional educational service centers, (3) cooperative arrangements among one or more boards of education, and (4) endowed academies approved pursuant to section 10-34 that are eligible for school building project grants pursuant to chapter 173, to upgrade or install wiring, including electrical wiring, cable or other distribution systems and infrastructure improvements to support telecommunications and other information transmission equipment to be used for educational purposes, provided the department may expend up to two per cent of such bond authorization for such purposes for the regional vocational-technical school system.

Statement of Purpose:

To make the Connecticut Technical High School system eligible for up to two per cent of the state funding available to the Department of Education to upgrade or install wiring to support telecommunications and other information transmission equipment to be used for educational purposes.

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