Are expenditures from the Auxiliary Operations and Community School Funds exempt from the School District Procurement Rules and USFR guidelines for oral and written price quotations?
Yes/No. Auxiliary Operations and Community School Fund monies are public monies. The School District Procurement Rules or USFR guidelines for oral and written price quotations apply to every expenditure of public monies by a school district for the procurement of all construction, materials, and services when the total procurement exceeds $5,000, unless an expenditure is specifically exempted by a federal/state law or regulation or is otherwise specifically exempted from the Procurement Rules or USFR guidelines (e.g., payroll or student activities monies). Example A district decides to run a dance program through the Community School Program/Fund and wants to hire a dance instructor. Yes. If the district hires a new employee to be the dance instructor, the payment would not be required to be bid. Yes. If the district hires a current district employee to be the instructor (by addendum to a teachers contract or classified employees agreement), the payment would not be required to be bid
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