For purposes of this section and sections 10-289e to 10-289g, inclusive:
(1) “Qualifying municipality” means a city, town or consolidated city and town which does not maintain a public high school and whose board of education has designated a private academy as the high school for such municipality for a period of not less than five years.
(2) “Private academy” means an incorporated or endowed high school or academy which is approved by the State Board of Education for public high school purposes pursuant to section 10-34 and which has been or is eligible to apply for a school construction grant commitment from the state pursuant to this chapter.
(3) “School building project” means a school building project as defined in subdivision (3) of section 10-282.
(4) “Bonds or notes” means any bonds or notes or any temporary notes issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of such bonds or notes.
(P.A. 87-461, S. 1, 7; 87-499, S. 27, 34; P.A. 90-256, S. 7, 9; P.A. 96-270, S. 8, 11.)
History: P.A. 87-499 amended the definition of “private academy” in Subdiv. (2) to substitute “has been or is eligible to” for “may” apply for a grant commitment; P.A. 90-256 in Subdiv. (2) substituted “an incorporated or endowed high school or academy” for “private academy” in the definition of “private academy”; P.A. 96-270 made a technical change in Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 1996.