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Committee forwards revised purchasing thresholds, asks staff to align Skyward settings
Summary
Policy Committee approved sending a purchasing policy and associated rule to the full board that adjusts approval thresholds and directs staff to update the Skyward financial system to reflect the new limits.
The Waunakee Community School District Policy Committee voted to forward a revision to the district’s purchasing policy and rule that changes approval thresholds and asks staff to modify Skyward settings to match.
Staff described the proposed approval structure and said the district will update Skyward so purchase approvals flow to the correct approver. Ally (staff member) walked the committee through the suggested thresholds and the Skyward configuration required to implement them.
Ally described current practice in Skyward as routing building- or department-level purchases over $1,500 to the principal; the proposed rule would change approval thresholds so items under $1,000 would follow a different approval path and larger purchases would escalate to specified administrators. As presented in committee: purchases over $1,000 and up to $10,000 would be approved by Ally; purchases over $10,000 up to $15,000 would require Steve's approval; purchases from $15,000 up to $24,009.09 would require Dr. Brown’s approval; purchases over $25,000 would continue to require board approval.
Committee members asked clarifying questions about the rule and the administrative procedure; the committee approved the policy and rule and directed staff to change Skyward settings to reflect the policy.
Next steps: staff will update Skyward approval settings and the item will go to the full board for adoption.
