Board updates procurement thresholds and clarifies student activity drug‑testing language
The board adopted revisions to procurement thresholds (micropurchases from <$10,000 to <$15,000; equipment approval threshold from >$5,000 to >$10,000; formal bid threshold from >$250,000 to >$350,000) and approved rewording to strengthen reasonable‑suspicion student activity drug‑testing procedures while keeping consequences unchanged.
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Operations and legal staff presented policy updates including a child-nutrition procurement plan and threshold changes to align with federal guidance. Eddie Wright explained the procurement review and the changes: micropurchase threshold moved from $10,000 to $15,000; equipment approval threshold increased to $10,000; and formal bid threshold changed to $350,000.
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