Contracts, Grants and Purchases – Nebraska Department of Education

Nebraska State Board of Education Internal Policy Directives

P5 - Contracts, Grants and Purchases

The State Board shall review and approve contracts and purchase of $50,000 or more. The Board shall also review and approve the submission, receipt, or distribution of grants of $50,000 or more.

Each month the Commissioner of Education shall provide the Board with a list of contracts and grants between $10,000 and less than $50,000 approved the preceding month. The Commissioner shall periodically provide the Board with a list of contracts and grants less than $10,000.

Any federally-funded grants with a formula-based distribution to the Nebraska Department of Education or its sub-recipients are excluded from these requirements.

Created:
1976
Approved:
09/08/2017
Reviewed:
1984, 1995, 2006, 2016, 2017

12/10/76 – Prior DFF
($10,000 or more Board approval and less than $10,000 periodic list from Commissioner)
12/7/84 – Prior 3324.1 DO
(SAME)
12/8/95 – Prior D6
(SAME)
9/7/06 – D6
(Board approval increased to $25,000 and added monthly list of $10,000 to $25,000)
12/2/2016 – D6
(Board approval increased to $50,000 and added monthly list of $10,000 to $50,000)
03/03/2017 – D6(P5)
(Reorganized Board Policy Reference Manual with new designated letters for categories of policy [P], bylaws [B] and position statements [S]. D6 is now P5)
09/08/2017 – P5
(New language opens submission to the Board of their approval or review of all grants issued by NDE except for those federally funded and have a regulated formula component to awarding them to the sub recipients.)

79-301 R.R.S.
79-305 R.R.S.
79-306 R.R.S.
79-318 R.R.S.
79-319 R.R.S.

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