California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1809: Public contracts: school and community college districts.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 17596 of the Education Code, and to amend Sections 20665.23, 20665.33, 20919.23, 20919.31, and 20919.33 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. public contracts Public contracts: school and community college districts. (1) Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, authorizes job order contracting, as defined, for school districts until January 1, 2027. Existing law requires job order contractors to submit a questionnaire to the school district containing specified information verified under oath, under penalty of perjury…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Section 17596 of the Education Code, and to amend Sections 20665.23, 20665.33, 20919.23, 20919.31, and 20919.33 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. public contracts Public contracts: school and community college districts. (1) Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, authorizes job order contracting, as defined, for school districts until January 1, 2027. Existing law requires job order contractors to submit a questionnaire to the school district containing specified information verified under oath, under penalty of perjury. This bill would extend the termination date for these provisions until January 1, 2037. Existing law authorizes a school district to utilize job order contracting only if the school district has entered into a project labor agreement or agreements that will apply to all public works awarded through job order contracting and to all other public works of the school district that exceed a monetary threshold set by the school district until January 1, 2027, regardless of what contracting procedure is used to award that work. This bill would extend the termination date for these provisions until January 1, 2037. The bill would also prohibit job order contracting by a school district if the district finds, based on criteria and methodology established by the school district, that it will increase the total cost of the project …