Law may cut schools’ construction costs
Share this pageTuesday, October 16, 2007
By Neil Gonzales, MediaNews Staff Writer
A new law could help California school districts and community colleges save millions of dollars in construction costs by streamlining the way they do a project.
Senate Bill 614, signed into law Friday by Gov. Schwarzenegger, will provide districts another tool to “build projects faster, cheaper and with more flexibility,” the legislation’s author, state Sen. Joe Simitian, said Monday.
The law takes effect Jan. 1 and will make the design-build method of construction more available to districts and community colleges.
That method has already helped the San Mateo County Community College District and could prove a boon to other local school agencies that are pursuing or exploring construction bond measures.
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