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Board approves amended NASA BOCES instrument purchase, trims trombone order to cut cost
Summary
The Mineola Board approved a five‑year instructional instrument purchase agreement with Nassau BOCES and voted to amend the purchase to reduce total cost to $108,009.37 (eliminating 10 trombones) amid higher tariffs; the contract is subject to commissioner approval and is intended to reduce instrument rentals and parent costs.
The Mineola Board of Education on Sept. 18 approved a five‑year agreement with Nassau BOCES for musical instruments and related services and voted to amend the purchase after rising costs made the original plan unaffordable.
The resolution authorized the district to enter a contract with Nassau BOCES’s regional information center for 403 musical instruments under Education Law §1954 (as referenced in the meeting) and set a not‑to‑exceed price.…
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