Section 405 – Approval of purchases or indebtedness — Local school board approval of identified purchases.

• (1) An officer or employee of a school district may not make a purchase or incur indebtedness on behalf of the district without the approval and order of the local school board.

• (2) The local school board shall adopt one of the following approval methods, or a combination of the two:
  • (a) The local school board shall approve an appropriation for identified purchases in the district budget. Each purchase made under an identified purchase does not require additional local school board approval.
  • (b) The local school board shall approve individual purchases when made throughout the fiscal year.

Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session