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SALE AND DISPOSAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY Policy # 5250R |
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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.
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