Any municipality, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, may convey any type of interest in air space over land used for school purposes to a private developer for residential or commercial uses or to a quasi-municipal or public nonmunicipal corporation. Said conveyance shall be made upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer with the approval of the legislative body of the municipality.

(1959, P.A. 611, S. 4; February, 1965, P.A. 340, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 705; P.A. 76-418, S. 14, 18; P.A. 84-460, S. 15, 16; P.A. 88-360, S. 42, 63; P.A. 90-256, S. 4, 9; P.A. 14-90, S. 12.)

History: 1965 act required that plans and specifications are to be submitted “at such time and in such manner as the state board of education may specify”; 1969 act added provisions re use of commercial or residential structures for school purposes and incorporated as Subsec. (b) provisions re conveyance of air space over land used for school purposes to private developer or quasi-municipal or public nonmunicipal corporation; P.A. 76-418 permitted state board to disapprove state assistance for projects which fail to meet construction standards, replacing provision which required board to “state in detail wherein it believes there has been a departure from such standards”; P.A. 84-460 deleted reference to school construction economy service and deleted provisions re standards of construction to “include the use of commercial or residential structures for school purposes”; P.A. 88-360 substituted “commissioner” for “state board” of education and made a technical change; P.A. 90-256 deleted Subsec. (a) re the establishment of standards of construction and review by the commissioner of education of preliminary plans and specifications; P.A. 14-90 replaced reference to Commissioner of Education with reference to Commissioner of Administrative Services, effective July 1, 2014.