Legislative Intent. — Guam Code § 10101

§ 10101. Legislative Intent.

The Legislature is aware of a growing problem that principals in our

public schools have encountered over the years in reference to funding and

purchasing of small miscellaneous items for the school’s needs. Any item in

need by the schools, for example, light bulbs, toilet accessories, and so

forth, has to be requested through the Office of the Superintendent of

Schools’s Procurement Office, and many times several weeks or several

months pass before receipt of the item. This problem is primarily a factor of

the lengthy procurement process which principals and other public school

administrators have to go through in requesting necessary materials and

supplies. In order to immediately address the funding of these

miscellaneous items for the principals and to reduce the excessive number

of requests submitted to the Department’s Procurement Office, the

Legislature desires to create a principal’s fund, primarily for funding these

year-round items which address immediate small problems.