Joint committee approves school building project priority list; eight grant applications advance

A joint legislative committee approved a school building project priority list during a brief meeting, advancing eight school building grant applications and sending the list on for further action.

The committee approved the list after testimony from the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services. Michelle Gilman, Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services, told the committee the agency had submitted a priority list in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes §10-283a(2). “My name is Michelle Gilman. I'm the Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services,” she said.

The priority list the department submitted includes eight school building grant applications: five elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school.…