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Board to rewrite local bidding policy to mirror state statute to avoid litigation risk
Summary
The board discussed redrafting its local-preference bidding policy to incorporate state statute language (referred to in the meeting as section 5A-3-37) by reference and have legal counsel review claims on a case-by-case basis to reduce risk of lawsuits.
The Ohio County Board of Education debated whether to adopt a rewritten bidding policy that would explicitly reference the state statute governing local vendor preference rather than restating complicated statutory language in district policy.
"I'd rather just incorporate the statute into the policy and... measure to the statute," the Board…
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