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Goldblatt, Steven M.; Wood, R. Craig – 1983
This chapter presents an up-to-date analysis of prevailing state wage laws that affect educational facility construction or renovation and highlights relevant prevailing wage litigation in many states. Currently, 13 states have no prevailing wage laws for public works. The other 37 states and the District of Columbia do have prevailing wage laws…
Descriptors: Bids, Court Litigation, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Piele, Philip K. – 1980
Chapter 7 of a book on school law, this chapter deals with 1979 cases involving disputes over property. Cases involving taxpayer attempts to prevent the construction of school buildings dominate this year's property chapter, as they did last year's. Yet, paradoxically, there is also a significant increase in cases in which taxpayers tried to…
Descriptors: Bids, Boards of Education, Bond Issues, Compensation (Remuneration)
Peer reviewedCole, Elsa Kircher; Goldblatt, Steven M. – Journal of College and University Law, 1989
The article describes the responsibilities of public colleges and universities to award construction contracts to the lowest responsible bidder; discusses the purpose of bid statutes; and lists the factors institutions should consider in determining a bidder's responsibility. Also covered are the standard of review and due process rights of the…
Descriptors: Bids, Buildings, Competition, Construction Costs
Download full textGoldblatt, Steven M.; Piele, Philip K. – 1983
This chapter reviews 1982 cases related to school property. Cases involving citizen efforts to overturn school board decisions to close schools dominate the property chapter, and courts continue to uphold school board authority to close schools, transfer students, and sell or lease the buildings. Ten cases involving detachment and attachment of…
Descriptors: Bids, Board of Education Role, Court Litigation, Educational Administration
Piele, Philip K.; Johnson, Margaret M. – 1982
This chapter deals with 1981 cases involving disputes over property. Cases involving the detachment and attachment of land continue to dominate the property chapter with 11 cases reported, the same number summarized in last year's chapter. One case involving school board referenda raised the interesting question of whether or not a state could…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Bids, Board of Education Role, Court Litigation
Goldblatt, Steven M. – 1984
In this chapter on decisions made by federal and state courts during 1983 concerning school property it is noted that no new trends emerged during the year. Among the topics addressed are the extent of school board authority over property use and other property matters; the attachment and detachment of land from school district holdings; school…
Descriptors: Bids, Board of Education Role, Court Litigation, Educational Facilities
