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Board approves bus purchases, leases, tutoring contract and field-trip grants in consent and action slate
Summary
The Jackson Public School Board approved a series of operational items on the consent and action slate, including reapproval of two MDEQ-funded buses, a 16th-section lease, cancellation of another lease for tax delinquency, a tutor-contract funded by the Barksdale Foundation, and two Equal Justice Initiative field-trip grants.
The Jackson Public School Board approved a slate of action items including transportation purchases, property leases, a tutoring contract and grant-funded field trips during the meeting's action and consent sections.
Transportation: The board reapproved the purchase of two school buses under the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) State Clean Diesel Grant program. The reapproval was needed to ensure the purchase fell within the same school year as required by state purchasing rules, the district's transportation executive director said.
Property leases:…
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