Series 3000: Business/Non-Instructional Operations

3313 Relations with Vendors

As a public agency the Board of Education is aware of its responsibility to spend its funds so as to obtain the greatest possible educational value for every dollar spent.

The Thomaston Board of Education wishes to maintain good working relations with vendors who supply materials, supplies and services to the school system. Constructive efforts by the administration to seek the advice and counsel of vendors about how to improve such relationships are encouraged.

Conflicts of Interest and Endorsements

The district will not purchase supplies or materials from a staff member of the school district, nor from a member of the household of the staff member unless the purchase follows the formal purchasing procedures.

Employees of the district will not endorse products or services in such a manner that will identify him/her as an employee of the district.

Affirmative Action

The school district shall not enter into any contract with a person, agency, or organization if it has knowledge that such person, agency or organization discriminates on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or physical handicap or disability, either in employment practices or in the provision of benefits or services to students or employees. 

Legal Reference:     Connecticut General Statutes

                                 4a-60 through 4a-60a re discriminatory practices

                                Title VII, Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. as amended by Title IX, Equal Employment Opportunity Act 

                                Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; 42 U.S.C. 1134n et seq. (Higher Education Act)

Policy adopted:    October 19, 2015    THOMASTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Thomaston, Connecticut

Relations with Vendors                                                                                                                                           

Purchasing personnel shall promptly acknowledge inquiries from suppliers' representatives. The school district shall not extend favoritism to any vendors. Each order shall be placed on the basis of quality, price and delivery with past service being a factor if all other considerations are equal.

No member of the Thomaston Board of Education shall secure or attempt to secure personal profit or gain by virtue of his/her position as a member of the Board of Education. 

Regulation approved:    October 19, 2015    THOMASTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Thomaston, Connecticut