School Specialty, LLC

Save Time & Money – Utilize Your OMNIA Partners Contract
Looking for the right partner to meet the unique issues of this year’s purchasing cycle? Look no further than your purchasing cooperative contract with School Specialty. We deliver the best overall value on all your needs from supplies to furniture. As you save, you also add to your future annual rebate — bid contracts can’t give you that. And you get it all through a legal contractual vehicle. 

Through our partnership, you receive:

• 35% off list price on supply items
• 14% off list price on individual furniture items
• FREE shipping on parcel shipped items over $49 (pricing policy 9)
• FREE shipping on non-parcel shipped items (pricing policy 6). For other non-parcel shipped items (pricing policy 5) a $9.95 minimum or 15% of the net subtotal of the items will apply.

U.S. Communities and National IPA, both wholly-owned subsidiaries of OMNIA Partners, have come together as OMNIA Partners, Public Sector. All public sector participants already registered with National IPA or U.S. Communities continue to have access to all contracts, with certain exceptions, in the portfolio and do not need to re-register to use a legacy National IPA, legacy U.S. Communities, or new OMNIA Partners contract. U.S. Communities and National IPA remain separate legal entities and lead agency contracts completed under each brand are effective and available for use through the contract’s approved term. In the event we believe re-registration is necessary for any reason, OMNIA Partners will let you know.

Competitively solicited and publicly awarded by Region 4 Education Service Center
Contract # R190503

School and Office Supplies to Fit Every Budget

School Specialty provides a wide range of essential material, from classroom, art, PE and science supplies to complete learning environments.  Along with national brands, School Specialty offers our unique proprietary brands including:

• Abilitations - Special Needs Supplies
• Childcraft - Early Childhood Products
• Sax - Art Education Supplies
• Sportime - Physical Education, Health & Wellness Supplies
• School Smart - Classroom Supplies
• Classroom Select - Furniture & Equipment

With such a wide range of products available from School Specialty through OMNIA Partners, your school or district can satisfy vertually all of your needs with a single online order.  Not only will you receive competitive discounts by taking advantage of School Specialty's contracts with OMNIA Partners, but you can get other special benefits as well - such as pre-designed professional development (on-demand and in-person) and a volume rebate on supplies orders.

Competitively solicited and publicly awarded by: Region 4 Education Service Center
Contract #R201105

Physical fitness is critical to student success. Our products, including innovative physical education resources from Sportime, are carefully selected to enhance physical development, help children enjoy physical fitness, and show them how to be active throughout their lifetime. Through our complete selection of high-quality fitness and sports equipment, including balls, jump ropes, and bean bags, we are able to help educators engage and energize students to get active today and sustain a healthy lifestyle tomorrow.

Our name says it all: Schools are our specialty. So when you source your furnishings through our Furniture & Installation Contract with OMNIA Partners you get more than just a list of furniture. You get access to a tiered discount structure off MSRP on over 60 furniture vendors and a dedicated Learning Environments team that will work closely with you providing design ideas and renderings - all as part of your contract.

Learn More About Projects By Design

No one can know exactly what STEM and STEAM challenges tomorrow will bring. But we do know the graduates best prepared for them will be the ones who are taught not just facts, but an integrated approach in both instruction and layout that teaches them how to think like innovators. Providing that kind of holistic education to them also demands a great deal from you. But to deliver on those high expectations, you need to start with the right resources. From furniture and products, to professional development and funding, we can bring you the help to inspire young thinkers and prepare graduates who will change the world. 

A growing trend is the construction of a separate makerspace where students can engage in hands-on, creative projects to support student design and creation. Whether a section of the library, converted computer lab, or spare classroom, your makerspace can inspire creativity and innovation by giving it the right mix of equipment and technology while being flexible enough to adapt as project needs change.See how School Specialty can help you serve current needs and allow for future growth.

Abilitations and School Specialty are committed to enhancing the lives of individuals with special needs. We strive to offer the most comprehensive assortment of products and solutions for all children, and the therapists, educators and families that support them. From theraputty to fidgets, to weighted blankets, swings and more we offer the most effective special needs resources and solutions available. We are determined to help make learning safe and fun and improve the quality of life for all children with special needs. It's an approach that's made Abilitations a trusted brand for therapists, educators, parents and caregivers for 25 years.

Sax Arts and Craft Supplies Spark Creative Learning

Inspire the artist in every student with our comprehensive line of affordable, high-quality arts and craft supplies featuring Sax products. From construction paper and colored pencils, to paint and canvas, School Specialty and Sax provide everything you need to spark creative learning.