Title 29 — State Government
117 chapters · 889 sections in this title.
29 Del. C. § 7501. Definitions.
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§ 7501. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Bonds” means any bonds authorized to be issued by the State pursuant to a school construction bond authorization act. (2) “Local share” means the sum of money specified in any school construction bond authorization act to render …
29 Del. C. § 7502. Applicability of this chapter; relation to authorization act.
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§ 7502. Applicability of this chapter; relation to authorization act. (a) Unless otherwise provided in any school construction bond authorization act this chapter, in addition to Chapter 74 of this title, shall apply to and control all school construction financed by the issuance…
29 Del. C. § 7503. Matching funds.
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§ 7503. Matching funds. (a) Except in the case of a school district for which a local share is not required by any school construction bond authorization act, the state share apportioned to a school district by such school construction bond authorization act shall not be expended…
29 Del. C. § 7504. Time limit on construction.
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§ 7504. Time limit on construction. No school construction shall be started under authority of any school construction bond authorization act later than 2 years after the effective date of the act, and no money shall be borrowed by the State under authority of any school construc…
29 Del. C. § 7505. Formula for construction.
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§ 7505. Formula for construction. No school construction shall be paid with funds appropriated by any school construction bond authorization act or with funds for which a state share is provided by any school construction bond authorization act if such construction does not confo…
29 Del. C. § 7506. Local bonds.
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§ 7506. Local bonds. (a) Any school district which is entitled under any school construction bond authorization act to an apportionment of a state share and which is required therein to provide a local matching share is authorized to issue its bonds for the purpose of raising mon…
29 Del. C. § 7507. Referendum; notice [Repealed].
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§ 7507. Referendum; notice [Repealed]. Repealed by 71 Del. Laws, c. 378, § 116, effective July 8, 1998.
29 Del. C. § 7508. Bond anticipation notes of local district.
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§ 7508. Bond anticipation notes of local district. (a) After a local referendum authorizing the sale of local school bonds and in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, the board of school trustees or board of education of a school district may issue and sell notes of the sch…
29 Del. C. § 7509. Determination of necessity.
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§ 7509. Determination of necessity. The Department of Education shall determine the present necessity for any school construction program as authorized by any school construction bond authorization act in the several school districts of the State and, in so doing, shall take into…
29 Del. C. § 7510. Certificate of necessity.
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§ 7510. Certificate of necessity. (a) When the Secretary of Education has prepared the proposed annual major capital improvement program budget the Secretary shall certify the necessity for same to the State Treasurer together with the amount of the total cost, the state share an…
29 Del. C. § 7511. Approval of plans; modification.
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§ 7511. Approval of plans; modification. After making the certificate required by § 7510 of this title, the Secretary of Education is authorized and directed to consider the preliminary and final plans, estimates of costs and specifications of any school construction program and …
29 Del. C. § 7512. Consolidation of school districts.
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§ 7512. Consolidation of school districts. In the event that 2 or more existing school districts shall consolidate, the maximum total cost, the maximum state share and the maximum local share of a school construction program as authorized by any school construction bond authoriza…
29 Del. C. § 7513. Division of a school district.
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§ 7513. Division of a school district. In the event that an existing school district is divided into 2 or more school districts, the maximum total cost, the maximum state share and the maximum local share of the school construction program, as authorized for the existing district…
29 Del. C. § 7514. Local funds and state appropriations to be deposited.
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§ 7514. Local funds and state appropriations to be deposited. The moneys paid to the State Treasurer by a school district as its local share under any school construction bond authorization act and any funds appropriated as its local share by the State under any school constructi…
29 Del. C. § 7515. Reversion of unexpended state share.
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§ 7515. Reversion of unexpended state share. Any sum of money which has been appropriated or allocated to any school district by the State under any school construction bond authorization act which remains unexpended 1 year after pupil occupancy of any school building constructed…
29 Del. C. § 7516. Reversion of unexpended local share.
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§ 7516. Reversion of unexpended local share. Any sum of money which has been appropriated by any local school district under a school construction bond authorization act which remains unexpended 1 year after pupil occupancy of any school building constructed under the school cons…
29 Del. C. § 7517. Aid to boards of education.
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§ 7517. Aid to boards of education. The Department of Education shall render such assistance to boards of education as they may request in the preparation of their preliminary and final plans for school construction.29 Del. C. 1953, § 7517; 54 Del. Laws, c. 345; 57 Del. Laws, c. …
29 Del. C. § 7518. Approval of plans.
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§ 7518. Approval of plans. The final plans, specifications and estimates of costs of school construction under any school construction bond authorization act and this chapter shall be approved by the Department of Education. No board of education shall change or alter the final p…
29 Del. C. § 7519. Powers of board of education; contracts.
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§ 7519. Powers of board of education; contracts. The board of education for any district shall cause the school construction program authorized under any school construction bond authorization act and this chapter for such school district to be carried out. Such board of educatio…
29 Del. C. § 7520. Supervision of construction.
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§ 7520. Supervision of construction. The board of education in each school district shall supervise, or cause to be supervised, the school construction program in such school district.29 Del. C. 1953, § 7520; 54 Del. Laws, c. 345; 57 Del. Laws, c. 440, § 4;
29 Del. C. § 7521. Employing school construction personnel.
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§ 7521. Employing school construction personnel. Each board of education shall have power to employ engineers, architects and such other employees as it deems essential to the proper and expeditious performance of its duties under this chapter, to fix their salaries and length of…
29 Del. C. § 7522. Approval of bills.
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§ 7522. Approval of bills. All bills for the expenses of the board of education of any school district for carrying out the school construction program of such school district under this chapter must be marked “approved,” and such approval must be signed by the president or vice-…
29 Del. C. § 7523. Warrants.
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§ 7523. Warrants. The board of education of each school district shall when and as funds are required (and not until then) for the payment of the expenses of carrying out the school construction program in such school district contemplated by this chapter, including expenses of e…
29 Del. C. § 7524. City of Wilmington schools [Repealed].
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§ 7524. City of Wilmington schools [Repealed]. Repealed by 71 Del. Laws, c. 378, § 125, effective July 8, 1998.
29 Del. C. § 7525. Use or acquisition of lands for school construction.
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§ 7525. Use or acquisition of lands for school construction. (a) Whenever a school district either proposes to use land that it currently owns for the carrying out of school construction, or to select and acquire land for the same purpose, the board of education of such school di…
29 Del. C. § 7526. Use of appropriated funds for inspecting and auditing.
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§ 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…
29 Del. C. § 7527. Expendable supplies.
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§ 7527. Expendable supplies. Funds appropriated for school construction improvements by an authorization act shall not be expended for educational supplies of an expendable nature which are consumed or materially changed as they are used or which have a useful life of less than 4…
29 Del. C. § 7528. Minor capital improvements.
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§ 7528. Minor capital improvements. (a) The proceeds of bonds and notes may be applied to the cost of minor capital improvements. Minor Capital Improvements shall mean, but shall not be limited to, capital expenditures for rebuilding or major repairs of roofs, floors, heating sys…
29 Del. C. § 7529. School building maintenance [Repealed].
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§ 7529. School building maintenance [Repealed]. Repealed by 74 Del. Laws, c. 308, § 63(b), effective July 1, 2004.
29 Del. C. § 7530. Guaranteed energy cost savings contracts.
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§ 7530. Guaranteed energy cost savings contracts. School districts, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, are authorized to enter into long term contracts known as “guaranteed energy cost savings.” They are empowered to use their annual Division II energy appropriatio…