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15-742 - Contract to purchase tests; bond; score distribution deadline; action for damages
15-742. Contract to purchase tests; bond; score distribution deadline; action for damages
A. The state board of education shall enter into contracts with contractors to purchase the tests adopted by the state board pursuant to sections 15-203 and 15-741. Notwithstanding section 41-2546, the state board may enter into contracts to purchase nationally standardized norm-referenced tests pursuant to this section for a duration of up to ten years. The contracts may also provide for the distribution of the tests to the school districts and the scoring of the tests.
B. Contractors shall give a cash or corporate surety bond payable to this state and approved by the state board indemnifying the state in the test purchases in an amount of at least $500 and not more than $10,000 as may be determined by the state board. The contractor shall faithfully comply with the conditions of the contract and shall furnish to the state the tests as provided in the contract at prices not exceeding the lowest prices then granted to any buyer. If there is a decrease in the prices given to a person purchasing such tests from the contractor, this state shall have the benefit of the decrease in price.
C. The contractor shall file with the state board a sworn statement stating the lowest prices for which the contractor's series of tests is sold anywhere in the United States.
D. Any contract entered into pursuant to this section shall require that the contractor distribute test scores and data from the statewide assessment adopted pursuant to section 15-741 to local education agencies on or before May 26 of each academic year. The contractor may distribute unofficial test scores and data from the statewide assessment to local education agencies to comply with the deadline prescribed by this subsection.
E. If a contractor violates a condition of the contract, the attorney general, on request of the state board of education, shall institute an action for damages on the bond of the contractor.