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Senate panel advances bill letting school districts use "best value" for construction contracts
Summary
The Senate Education Committee advanced AB 361 to let California school districts opt into a "best value" procurement method that weighs experience and quality in addition to price, after lawmakers debated local impacts, safeguards and a five-year reporting sunset.
The Senate Education Committee voted to send Assembly Bill 361 to the Senate Appropriations Committee after a debate over whether expanding Los Angeles Unified School District's "best value" procurement pilot statewide would help deliver school construction more reliably or disadvantage small local contractors.
AB 361, offered by Assemblymember Schultz, would remove the sunset for LAUSD's best-value procurement method and make the option available to other school districts for five years. Proponents said the approach lets districts consider experience, quality and performance as well as price when awarding contracts for complex school…
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