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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED288256 AUTHOR: Dabreu, O. Lisa
TITLE: The Public Schools Contracts Law. Focus on School Law
Series.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1987
NOTE: 38 p.; For related documents, see EA 019 746-750.
AVAILABILITY: Publication Sales, New Jersey School Boards
Association, P.O. Box 909, Trenton, NJ 08605-0909 ($5.00;
$20.00 for the series of 5 publications).
ABSTRACT: New Jersey's Public Schools Contracts Law, enacted
on June 2, 1977, places limits on the authority of local and
regional boards of education to make purchases and to enter
into contracts, agreements, or leases for supplies or
services. This publication is designed to provide
information and guidance that will assist boards of
education in meeting legal requirements for contracts and in
keeping abreast of pertinent developments in the law. The
first five sections cover legal requirements governing the
initial stages in negotiating a contract: advertising for
bids, soliciting quotations, drawing up specifications and
plans, bidding requirements, and the contract itself. The
last five sections cover the following special cases: (1)
school building repairs: supervision, inspection,
condemnation, rejection; (2) sale of personal property; (3)
set-aside programs for women and minority businesses; (4)
joint purchasing agreements; and (5) miscellaneous
provisions. Appended is a flowchart showing the contract
bidding procedure for public works contracts by public
schools. (TE)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Elementary-Secondary
Education; Equipment-; Laws-; Professional-Services;
Purchasing-; Specifications-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Compliance-Legal; *Contracts-; *Legal
Responsibility; *School-Law; *State-Legislation
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