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Committee reviews draft to simplify nutrition procurement and food-service equipment bids
Summary
The draft miscellaneous education bill removes a special lower small‑purchase threshold for school food-service purchases and seeks to align procurement thresholds for food-service equipment with standard state thresholds, a change AOE staff said would reduce confusion for district business offices.
Legislative counsel and Agency of Education staff reviewed proposed changes on Feb. 26 aimed at simplifying how school districts procure food and food‑service equipment.
Beth St. James of the Office of Legislative Counsel and AOE staff described language that would remove a lower purchase threshold that currently applies specifically to some food- or nutrition-related purchases. Counsel explained the effect: removing the special lower threshold will allow non-food purchases tied to…
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