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Bill combining cooperative purchasing and state receiverhip draws concern about broad takeover authority
Summary
Senate Bill 580 would expand cooperative purchasing access for small towns and create a state receiverhip mechanism allowing the state board of education to intervene in troubled districts; witnesses and lawmakers asked for defined triggers, limits, and accountability before authorizing such interventions.
Senate Bill 580, introduced by Senator Victoria Sullivan, bundles three changes: extend cooperative purchasing to standalone school administrative units and small towns, add rulemaking language for local school boards, and establish a statutory receiverhip permitting the state board of education to intervene in schools or SAUs for a broad set of reasons.
Sullivan told the committee the procurement change is intended to give small towns the same buying power larger districts have…
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