Denison ISD's superintendent would be able to approve single budgeted purchases of less than $100,000 without first going to the school board, twice the current threshold, under a policy change trustees are set to consider Tuesday.
The board meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Denison ISD Service Center, 3906 S. State Highway 91.
Spending authority
The district's local purchasing policy now requires board approval before any single budgeted purchase of goods or services costing $50,000 or more. A staff memo proposes raising that figure to $100,000, and the marked-up policy in the board packet shows the change.
The rest of the policy would stay the same. It still lists purchases that do not need prior board approval regardless of cost, as long as they are reported to the board afterward, including buys through cooperative or state purchasing programs, purchases under board-approved interlocal contracts, sole-source purchases and purchases of produce or fuel.
A second policy change would raise the cost at which a single item is classified as a capital asset in the district's books, from $5,000 to $10,000.
Trustees will also review the district's annual investment policy. A presentation in the packet shows investment earnings across the general, food service, debt service and workers' compensation funds of $1,198,421 in 2025-26, down from $1,349,229 the year before and a peak of $1,540,029 in 2023-24. The capital fund earned $2,240,414 in 2025-26.
Construction and staffing
A change order for renovation work the agenda lists as the DESC and Peabody projects is also up for a vote. The memo says the change order is needed because of unexpected expenditures but does not give a dollar amount.
A personnel report lists seven resignations, among them Randy Reid, the assistant superintendent for business, along with a purchasing specialist and several teachers.
