School building project grants for diversity schools.

(b) An eligible local or regional board of education shall apply to the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, for a school building project grant pursuant to this section. Such application shall include (1) evidence that the local or regional board of education is developing policies to make residents of the district aware that enrollment in the diversity school is open to all eligible resident students, and (2) a plan for correcting the existing disparity in the proportion of pupils of racial minorities in the district. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall approve only applications for reimbursement under this section that the Commissioner of Education finds will assist eligible local and regional boards of education in correcting the existing disparity in the proportion of pupils of racial minorities in the district. (c) Eligible local or regional boards of education, for purposes of a diversity school, shall be eligible for a school building project grant with a reimbursement percentage determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (j) of section 10-285a . Such grant shall be used for the reasonable cost of any capital expenditure for the purchase, construction, extension, replacement, leasing or major alteration of diversity school facilities, including any expenditure for the purchase of equipment, in accordance with this section. To be eligible for reimbursement under this section, a diversity school construction project shall meet the requirements for a school building project established in this chapter, except that the Commissioner of Administrative Services may waive any requirement in this chapter for good cause.