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Administration says state contracts already available to schools; urges outreach rather than new staff
Summary
During a work session on SB580 the Department of Administrative Services said school districts and SAUs can already buy from roughly 480 statewide contracts, and recommended better outreach and publicity to increase use rather than creating a new centralized purchasing program that would require many additional staff.
In a work session on SB580 — a bill that would establish a cooperative purchasing program for schools — the Department of Administrative Services told the House Education Funding Committee the state already maintains hundreds of statewide contracts that schools may use.
Charlie Arlinghouse, commissioner of administrative services, said the state runs roughly 480 statewide contracts for goods and services that local governments and certain nonprofits…
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