The Department of Education shall encourage the use of regional educational service centers as providers of goods and services for local and regional boards of education and may award special consideration to grant applications that indicate the use of services of regional educational service centers or joint purchasing agreements among boards of education for the purpose of purchasing instructional or other supplies, testing materials, special education services, health care services or food or food services.
(P.A. 06-192, S. 11; June 19 Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 06-192 effective July 1, 2006; June 19 Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1 added “special education services, health care services”, effective July 1, 2009.