California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1860: School facilities: design-build: alternative design-build: county superintendents of schools.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 17250.10, 17250.15, 17250.20, 17250.60, and 17250.61 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities. school facilities School facilities: design-build: alternative design-build: county superintendents of schools. (1) Existing law authorizes a school district, with the approval of the governing board of the school district, to procure design-build contracts for public works projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract to either the low bid or the best value, as provided…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 17250.10, 17250.15, 17250.20, 17250.60, and 17250.61 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities. school facilities School facilities: design-build: alternative design-build: county superintendents of schools. (1) Existing law authorizes a school district, with the approval of the governing board of the school district, to procure design-build contracts for public works projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract to either the low bid or the best value, as provided. Existing law requires specified information relating to design-build bid proposals to be verified under penalty of perjury. Existing law, until January 1, 2029, authorizes a school district, with the approval of its governing board, to procure alternative design-build contracts for public works projects in excess of $5,000,000, awarding the contract to either the low bid or the best value, as provided. Existing law authorizes county boards of education that have had all or a portion of certain duties and functions relating to expenses transferred to them by the county board of supervisors to acquire, lease, lease-purchase, hold, and convey real property for purposes of housing the offices and the services of the county superintendent of schools. This bill would authorize county superintendents of schools to procure the same above-described design-build and alternative design-build contracts, subject to the same requirements that are applicable to school districts, except …