Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7526 – Use of appropriated funds for inspecting and auditing
(a) The local school district shall apply such portions of the total cost of any school construction improvement authorized by a school construction bond authorization act as shall be necessary to provide for the cost of auditing such school construction improvement, but in no event shall such portion exceed 1/2 percent of such total cost. The Auditor of Accounts shall be responsible for conducting or having conducted such audit subject to § 2906(c) and (d) and §§ 2907, 2908 and 2909 of this title, as amended.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7526
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- School construction: includes , but is not limited to, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling or enlargement of school buildings, the acquisition or installation of apparatus or equipment or educational supplies suitable for the use of such buildings, the acquisition of machinery necessary for the maintenance of such buildings or school grounds, the acquisition of land required as sites for such buildings, or for playgrounds, including land or rights in land needed to provide access to sites and to provide suitable playgrounds, and the grading or other improvements of such sites, land or rights in land, including the construction of sidewalks where authorized by law, the construction of any sewers or water mains needed to connect such buildings to any publicly owned sewer system or water system, the acquisition of temporary buildings or facilities for school purposes to be used until such time as permanent school buildings or facilities shall become available. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7501
- School construction bond authorization act: means an authorization act of the General Assembly concurred in by 3/4 of all the members of each House, authorizing, among other things, the issuance of bonds and the appropriation of the proceeds thereof to finance school construction. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7501
- School district: means a reorganized school district, or any newly created school unit or area for which no board has been appointed or elected at the time of the effective date of any school construction bond authorization act or any area which the State Board of Education shall determine to be the area served by any school facility which is referred to in any school construction bond authorization act and for which there is specified no local share. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7501
- Total cost: means the maximum sum or sums of money which may be spent for school construction under a particular school construction bond authorization act in a particular school district, provided that nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any school district from increasing said total cost by providing a larger amount from local sources than that stated as that district's local share, nor prevent the acceptance and use of any funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States for these purposes. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7501
(b) The local school district shall allocate such portion of the total cost of major school construction improvements for which funds are appropriated by an authorization act as shall be necessary to provide for the cost of inspecting such school construction improvement. The local school district may also allocate a portion of the funds appropriated for minor school improvements for such inspection services.
(c) The local school district shall let contracts for inspection of school construction improvements. In contracting for the inspection of major or minor school construction improvements, the local school district shall give first preference to an experienced and able Delaware organization offering to provide such inspection services on a nonprofit, at-cost basis. Such contracts shall not be deemed public works contracts as defined in Chapter 69 of this title, as amended. If no such organization is able or willing to perform such specialized service on such nonprofit, at-cost basis, then the local school district may contract for such services with profit-making organizations subject to Chapter 69 of this title.
29 Del. C. 1953, § ?7526; 54 Del. Laws, c. 345; 59 Del. Laws, c. 205, § ?11; 62 Del. Laws, c. 146, § ?31; 64 Del. Laws, c. 131, § ?17(b); 66 Del. Laws, c. 92, § ?60; 71 Del. Laws, c. 378, § ?127;