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HOUSE BILL 2331
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By Representatives Hickel, Johnson and B. Thomas
Read first time 01/12/98. Referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to school district contracts; and amending RCW 28A.335.170 and 28A.160.140.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.335.170 and 1990 c 33 s 360 are each amended to read as follows:
The
board of directors of any school district may enter into contracts for their
respective districts ((for periods not exceeding five years in duration))
with public and private persons, organizations, and entities for the following
purposes:
(1) To rent or lease building space, portable buildings, security systems, computers and other equipment;
(2) To have maintained and repaired security systems, computers and other equipment; and
(3) To provide pupil transportation services.
No school district may enter into a contract for pupil transportation unless it has notified the superintendent of public instruction that, in the best judgment of the district, the cost of contracting will not exceed the projected cost of operating its own pupil transportation.
The budget of each school district shall identify that portion of each contractual liability incurred pursuant to this section extending beyond the fiscal year by amount, duration, and nature of the contracted service and/or item in accordance with rules and regulations of the superintendent of public instruction adopted pursuant to RCW 28A.505.140 and 28A.310.330.
The provisions of this section shall not have any effect on the length of contracts for school district employees specified by RCW 28A.400.300 and 28A.405.210.
Sec. 2. RCW 28A.160.140 and 1990 c 33 s 140 are each amended to read as follows:
As
a condition of entering into a pupil transportation services contract with a
private nongovernmental entity, each school district shall engage in an open
competitive process ((at least once every five years. This requirement
shall not be construed to prohibit a district from entering into a pupil
transportation services contract of less than five years in duration with a
district option to renew, extend, or terminate the contract, if the district
engages in an open competitive process at least once every five years after
July 26, 1987)). As used in this section:
(1) "Open competitive process" means either one of the following, at the choice of the school district:
(a) The solicitation of bids or quotations and the award of contracts under RCW 28A.335.190; or
(b) The competitive solicitation of proposals and their evaluation consistent with the process and criteria recommended or required, as the case may be, by the office of financial management for state agency acquisition of personal service contractors;
(2) "Pupil transportation services contract" means a contract for the operation of privately owned or school district owned school buses, and the services of drivers or operators, management and supervisory personnel, and their support personnel such as secretaries, dispatchers, and mechanics, or any combination thereof, to provide students with transportation to and from school on a regular basis; and
(3) "School bus" means a motor vehicle as defined in RCW 46.04.521 and under the rules of the superintendent of public instruction.
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