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Board committee tightens field-trip rules: chaperone, timeline and vendor standards clarified
Summary
The Board of Education policy committee reviewed a revised field-trip regulation that clarifies approval authorities, chaperone requirements, fundraising-before-approval restrictions and procurement thresholds for vendor selection; no formal adoption vote was recorded.
The Board of Education policy committee reviewed a revised field-trip regulation that sets approval workflows, minimum lead times, chaperone requirements and vendor procurement thresholds for single-day, multi-day domestic and international trips.
Under the proposed regulation, building principals may approve single-day, in-state trips after verifying required documentation. Multi-day domestic trips and all out-of-state trips require executive director-level review in the educational leadership office and, when applicable, finance and superintendent review. Trips with an estimated district cost or contracted vendor amount above $20,000 will…
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