6881 – Disposal of Surplus Equipment and/or Materials
The Superintendent has the authority to declare equipment, supplies, furniture, and other NWESD 189 personal property obsolete and/or surplus and shall establish procedures for their sale, trade, or disposal except that the Board must be notified prior to the disposal of surplus item(s) valued at five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more. Regardless of value, a report will also be provided to the Board summarizing the disposal of all surplus items.
Prior to disposing of any surplus texts, other books, equipment, materials, or relocatable facilities, the superintendent shall serve written notice to any public school district or private school in Washington state annually requesting such notice. All schools on the list shall be notified in writing of the materials and equipment that is available. The material or equipment shall be sold to any interested public or private school at its depreciated cost or fair market value, whichever is greater. Students shall have priority in the purchase of texts. Disposition of such surplus property to parties other than public or private schools may take place thirty (30) days after written notice is served.
In lieu of the disposal processes outlined above, the NWESD 189 may elect to grant surplus personal property to a federal, state, or local government entity, or to indigent persons at no cost, provided the property is used for preschool through twelfth (12th) grade educational purposes. Or the NWESD 189 may elect to loan surplus personal property to a nonreligious, nonsectarian private entity on the condition that the property is used for preschool through twelfth (12th)grade educational purposes.
The preceding notice requirements do not apply to the loan, lease, sale, or transfer of assistive devices for the use or benefit of children with disabilities to children with disabilities, their parents, or any public or private nonprofit agency providing education, health, or rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities. Such devices do not need to be declared surplus. The sale or transfer of such devices shall be recorded and based on the item’s depreciated value. The NWESD 189 shall establish and maintain an inventory of assistive technology devices whose value exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), and for each device shall establish a value that shall be adjusted annually to reflect depreciation. “Assistive device” means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off-the-shelf, modified or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of children with disabilities.
First Reading: 11/24/97 (as 3310)
Second Reading: 01/28/98 (as 3310)
Revised: 06/27/01 (recodified 6881)
Reference:
RCW 28A.335.180
RCW 28A.310.220
RCW 28A.310.330
Chapter 104, Laws of 1997
Date Revised: 6/27/01