SERIES 2000: BYLAWS
2200 Board Powers
2202 Authority to Enter into Contracts
A. The Board may enter into agreements, contracts, or other cooperative arrangements with other entities, public or private, including, but not limited to, another school district or intermediate school district, to the extent permitted by law.
B. The Board also may enter into an agreement with a public school academy to provide services to the public school academy or the academy’s students or for the public school academy to provide services to the District or to the District’s students.
C. No agreement, contract, or other cooperative arrangement is binding on the District unless approved by the Board or designee and executed by 1 or more persons delegated authority to act as an authorized signatory to an agreement, contract, or other cooperative arrangement on the Board’s behalf. Absent the Board’s express delegation of authority to another entity or person, only the Board has the authority to contractually bind the District.
D. The Board and its authorized designees are without authority to grant unconditional indemnity to a third party before a liability-triggering event has occurred.
E. Before presenting a contract to the Board for approval, the Superintendent or designee will:
- verify the Board’s contracting authority;
- review budget parameters and implications and recommend any correspondingly required budget amendments;
- review relevant existing contractual obligations;
- consider and report to the Board any actual or perceived conflict of interest; and
- ensure that the contract complies with all relevant laws and Policies.
F. All independent contractors, employees of independent contractors, and other persons who provide services to the District who are not District employees must comply with all applicable legal requirements and Policies including those related to interactions with students, non-discrimination, ethics and standards, student safety and welfare, student privacy, and District operations.
Legal Authority: MCL 15.321 et seq.; MCL 380.11a(4), 380.1203, 380.1228, 380.1421, 380.1422; Huntington Leasing Co v Manistee ISD, unpublished Mich App No. 250942 (2005)
Date adopted: 08/09/2021
Date revised:
