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Hearing Scheduled on Bill Requiring Schools to Use Competitive Bidding
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 7, 2017
The Assembly Committee on Local Government, chaired by Rep. Ed Brooks (R-Reedsburg), will hold a public hearing on Assembly Bill 307, requiring all school districts (including MPS) to utilize competitive bidding for school construction projects in excess of $75,000, next Wednesday, July 12 at 11:00am in Room 400NE, State Capitol.
The Legislative Reference Bureau summarizes the bill as follows:
“This bill increases to $75,000, with an exception for certain highway projects, the threshold governing sealed, competitive bids that is applicable to a local unit of government. Under current law, if the estimated cost of a public works project exceeds $25,000, the state or local unit of government must solicit bids and award the public works contract to the lowest responsible bidder.
The bill also requires a school board and the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools to comply with these bidding requirements.
The bill also provides an exception to bidding requirements for improvements that are constructed by a person other than the local unit of government and donated to a local unit of government after the completion of construction.”
The SAA opposes AB 307. SAA members interested in testifying against the bill should contact SAA as soon as possible.
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