Farmington Will Get $40M For New High School From State: Report

FARMINGTON, CT — Farmington is on track to receive $40 million from the state of Connecticut for construction of its new high school, the Hartford Courant reported.

A reimbursement rate of 19 percent was initially promised to the town, the Courant said, but that funding was called into question after a federal investigation began into Kosta Diamantis, a former state official who had provided the town with a reimbursement number, according to NBC Connecticut.

But earlier this month, state lawmakers passed a budget implementer bill that gave Farmington even more money than town officials were expecting.

Now, the state will reimburse 30 percent of the $135.6 million project, meaning Farmington will need to take out bonds of $96 million, instead of $110 million, the Courant reported.

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