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This bill establishes educational service agencies for procuring custodial and food services in schools, and ensures certain employee rights for affected employees. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It mandates the creation of educational service agencies at the county level to facilitate the procurement of custodial and food services for school districts through a cooperative purchasing system. School districts that use private contractors for these services must join the agency. 2. The educational service agencies will establish a representative assembly and a board of directors to oversee the procurement process and administration of the agencies. 3. The agencies will operate as cooperative pricing systems, with school districts and eligible nonpublic schools required to acquire covered services through the master contracts awarded by the agencies. 4. The bill provides protections for employees providing custodial and food services, such as requiring successor contractors to offer employment to existing employees and prohibiting their discharge without just cause during a 90-day transition period. 5. School districts can withdraw from the agencies, but may not then return to using private contractors for the covered services. Overall, the bill aims to achieve cost savings through economies of scale while preserving school district control and protecting affected service employees.

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https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2020/S2705