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Palm Beach County, Fla., schools will continue to give breaks to minority contractors

April 17, 2001
Businesses owned by minorities and women will continue to get special consideration from the Palm Beach County School District for at least two years,

Businesses owned by minorities and women will continue to get special consideration from the Palm Beach County School District for at least two years, despite a risk of discrimination lawsuits from white-owned companies. School board members will vote next month to extend a policy that would

award contracts to minority- and women-owned companies if they are within 10 percent of the low bid

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