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Adoption Date: 9/1/2012
Regulations - Regulations


5250R SALE AND DISPOSAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY

Rationale

 

Building administrators and support staff supervisors are responsible for identifying obsolete and surplus equipment and supplies within their area(s) of responsibility.

 

Periodically, a determination  shall be made as to what equipment, supplies and/or materials are obsolete  and  cannot  be salvaged  or  utilized  effectively  or  economically  by  the  Marcus  Whitman Central School District. Such equipment, supplies or materials shall be sold through bid procedures, if possible, for the highest possible price.

 

Guidelines

 

The School Business Official shall be authorized to dispose of obsolete or surplus equipment and supplies in the following manner:

 

1)      Reassign  the  items,  as  needed,  to  other  locations  within  the  Marcus  Whitman  Central

School District;

 

2)       Centralize the storage of items of potential usefulness;

 

3)       Discard or sell as surplus those items determined to be of no further use or worth. Following approval by the Board of Education, items may be sold in the following manner:

1)      Certain items with educational use may be sold to other educational institutions.

 

2)      When quantities permit, items sold at a public sale. Inthe event of a public sale, notice of availability of such equipment, supplies and materials and requests for bids shall be disseminated  through  announcements  in  local  newspapers  and  such  other  appropriate means.  The  general  public,  as  well  as  staff  members,  shall  be  eligible  to  bid  on  the equipment, supplies and/or materials.

 

3)      Remaining items shall be sold as scrap for the highest obtainable amount  or discarded in the safest, least expensive manner.