Plain English Breakdown
The official summary lists two conflicting actions regarding dates: deleting the repeal date to make provisions operative indefinitely AND extending the termination date until January 1, 2037. The explanation uses the specific 2037 date as it is more precise.
Extending and Changing Rules for School Construction Contracts
This law extends the time schools can use job order contracts until January 1, 2037, removes some planning steps, changes how price estimates are checked, and sets a five-year limit on contract length.
What This Bill Does
- Extends the deadline for school districts to use job order contracting from January 1, 2027, until January 1, 2037.
- Removes the rule that requires schools to create a yearly plan listing which projects will use job order contracts.
- Changes how price estimates are handled by requiring an estimate before getting a proposal but removing the step of comparing it directly to the contractor's price.
- Prohibits using job order contracting if the district finds, based on its own rules, that the project cost would rise without enough written proof justifying the increase.
- Sets a maximum length of five years for task order and job order contracts issued by school districts.
Who It Names or Affects
- School districts
- Community college districts
Terms To Know
- Job order contracting
- A method where a district hires one contractor to do many small construction projects over time instead of bidding each project separately.
- Project labor agreement
- A contract between the school and worker groups that sets rules for all public work projects in the area, required under current law until 2037.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not state a specific date when it becomes effective.
- School districts decide their own rules and methods for determining if costs are rising without enough justification.
- The law states that the state will not pay schools back for any new costs created by this act.