Adoption of long-range plan of capital improvement and school building project priorities and goals by the Capitol Region Education Council

(a) Not later than January 1, 2023, and every five years thereafter, the Capitol Region Education Council shall adopt a long-range plan of capital improvement and school building project priorities and goals for interdistrict magnet school facilities that will assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect. The plan shall include a summary of activities related to school building projects, capital improvements and capital equipment pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Upon adoption of the plan, the council shall submit the plan to the Department of Administrative Services and the department shall file the plan directly with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, finance, revenue and bonding, and appropriations in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. (b) The Capitol Region Education Council shall maintain a rolling three-year school building project and capital improvement and capital equipment plan that identifies: (1) The expected school building projects, capital improvements and capital equipment for each interdistrict magnet school facility operated by the council, and the anticipated cost of such projects, improvements and equipment; and (2) the specific equipment each interdistrict magnet school facility is expected to need, based on the useful life of existing equipment and projections of changing technology and the estimated cost of the equipment. The council shall annually submit such plan to the Department of Administrative Services and the department shall file such plan directly with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, finance, revenue and bonding, and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.