Connecticut General Statutes Title 10. Education and Culture § 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,  1 through progress payments in accordance with the provisions of section 10-287i, (A) for projects for which an application was filed prior to July 1, 2011, ninety-five per cent, and (B) for projects for which an application was filed on or after July 1, 2011, eighty per cent of the net eligible costs of constructing, acquiring, renovating and equipping approved facilities to be used exclusively 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, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, a grant equal to the amount such board is entitled to receive under the provisions of section 112 of public act 24-81.

(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, if a local or regional board of education receives an increase in funds pursuant to this section over the amount it received for the prior fiscal year such increase shall not be used to supplant local funding for educational purposes.

(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, for the purposes of equalization aid under section 10-262h, a student enrolled in an agricultural science and technology education center shall be counted as a resident student, as defined in section 10-262f, of the town in which such student resides.