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Committee approves amended bill exempting Center for Distance Education from some procurement and state‑form requirements
Summary
The House Education Committee approved an amended bill (HB 12‑69) to modernize a procurement exemption for the Center for Distance Education, allowing the CDE to procure educational content and related technology with fewer OMB barriers while remaining subject to IT security and contract law.
Representative Schreiber Beck presented an amended version of House Bill 12‑69 to exempt the Center for Distance Education (CDE) from certain Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procurement steps and from state forms management requirements for curriculum, educational technology tools, and related services used for virtual delivery to K‑12 students.
Dr. Alyssa Martin, director of the CDE, testified the bill aims to shorten procurement timelines for vendors that must integrate with the CDE learning management system and to avoid a…
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