MI SB0945

Educational management organizations (EMOs) must obtain competitive bids for all material and labor costs when entering service contracts with public school academies

EMOs must advertise bids at least once in local newspapers and post on the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget website or public school academy website for at least 2 weeks

Bid advertisements must specify submission deadlines, state bids received late will not be accepted, identify the public meeting location and time for bid opening, and require sworn notarized disclosures of any familial relationships between bidders and EMO or academy officials

EMOs may establish preference policies for Michigan-based businesses, but preferences cannot apply to federally-funded contracts and cannot create a cause of action

Public school academies violating the competitive bidding requirements must forfeit an amount equal to the contract value from state school aid funds; the bidding threshold is $29,572.00 (adjusted annually for inflation)