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Committee confirms procurement language could let schools for the blind and deaf use school-district procurement — may cover pool lift
Summary
Lawmakers and staff discussed procurement language from K-12 that would allow the Kansas State School for the Blind and the School for the Deaf to use school-district procurement procedures; the Reviser's Office said the language appears to cover capital improvements such as a pool elevator (pool lift).
During presentations on capital improvements for the Kansas State School for the Blind and the Kansas State School for the Deaf, committee members raised procurement as a practical barrier to small but necessary capital projects — notably a mechanical pool lift for student access. Members asked whether language moving the two schools to school-district procurement would cover such items.
Representative Ausley and other members noted a House K-12 recommendation that would permit the two schools to use school-district procurement procedures rather than standard agency procurement. David Weese of the Reviser's Office…
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