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JFAC requires Department of Education procurement reporting, removes competitive-acquisition language for ISAT
Summary
The committee approved language requiring the State Department of Education to use competitive acquisition processes for certain procurements and report on capacity-building schools; it also voted to remove earlier language about a competitive bid process for the Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT).
Legislators on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved changes to appropriation language for the State Department of Education that formalize procurement reporting and require the department to provide performance information on schools participating in a capacity-building program.
The committee accepted language changing the word "encouraged" to "required" with respect to open competitive acquisition processes for procurements tied to capacity-building programs, and added a requirement that the department provide a performance-status report to Legislative Services’ budget and policy analysts on each participating school. The change was debated after a senator objected to making…
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