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Board scrutinizes proposed rule on school facility leases after staff warns of auto-approval language
Summary
Staff proposed new Rule 80-40 governing use and rental of district facilities and outside leases. Board members pressed staff and general counsel about a clause that would allow an event contract to proceed if district reviewers do not approve it within five business days.
District staff presented a rewrite of School Board Policy 80-40 on April 8 that bundles rules on leases, short-term facility rentals and event contracts. Chris Akwesu, the district’s director of facilities and real estate, told the board the rewrite aims to standardize event contracts and ensure legal and financial compliance.
Several board members and general counsel raised a specific concern with proposed Rule 9: the draft would allow a referring administrator to execute an event agreement if “the reviewing district departments” did not provide approval within five business days. Board member H. Bowman and Dr. Zeman said that language could create a loophole in…
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