(A) Expenditures Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including a regulation), the supervisor of a Bureau-operated
school may expend an aggregate of not more than $50,000 of the amount allotted to the
school under section
2007 of this title to acquire materials, supplies, equipment, operation services, maintenance services, and other services for the
school, and amounts received as operations and maintenance funds, funds received from the Department of Education, or funds received from other Federal sources, without competitive bidding if
(i) the cost for any single item acquired does not exceed $15,000;
(ii) the
school board approves the acquisition;
(iii) the supervisor certifies that the cost is fair and reasonable;
(iv) the documents relating to the acquisition executed by the supervisor of the
school or other
school staff cite this paragraph as authority for the acquisition; and
(v) the acquisition transaction is documented in a journal maintained at the
school that clearly identifies when the transaction occurred, the item that was acquired and from whom, the price paid, the quantities acquired, and any other information the supervisor or the
school board considers to be relevant.
(B) Notice Not later than 6 months after January 8, 2002, the Secretary shall send notice of the provisions of this paragraph to each supervisor of a Bureau
school and associated
school board chairperson, the education line officer of each agency and area, and the Bureau division in charge of procurement, at both the local and national levels.
(C) Application and guidelines The Director of the Office shall be responsible for
(i) determining the application of this paragraph, including the authorization of specific individuals to carry out this paragraph;
(ii) ensuring that there is at least one such individual at each Bureau facility; and
(iii) the provision of guidelines on the use of this paragraph and adequate training on such guidelines.