2025-10-20 Board of Education's Policy Committee

Portland Public Schools Policy Committee · October 21, 2025

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Call to order and agenda

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Chair opened the policy committee meeting and reviewed agenda items: field trips (including foreign travel), purchasing/contracting, liability of employees, and districtwide advocacy and fundraising. Chair stated no formal board action would be taken tonight; items are for discussion and potential referral to the full board.

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The Portland Public Schools policy committee heard public testimony supporting international field-trip research residencies, discussed a proposed overhaul of the districts field-trip policy and whether to move it to the full board for consideration, reviewed proposed changes to purchasing and contracting rules including raising the board-approval threshold to $250,000, and discussed districtwide advocacy and fundraising efforts.

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