District Policy

On April 1, 2010 the Hillsborough County School District Board approved the following policy dictating the direction in which the District would influence the use and participation of small businesses:

The School Board is committed to doing business with contractors, vendors and other suppliers who reflect the great diversity of our community. It is the policy of the School Board to promote and attain that diversity by encouraging and facilitating the participation of small businesses, including those which are woman and minority owned, in every aspect of the School Board’s procurement activities. The Superintendent will promulgate procedures which insure identification of available small businesses, provide notification to such businesses of all available business opportunities, encourage contractors to use small businesses in the bid and proposals, guarantee fair and equal treatment of such businesses and track and review the participation of such businesses in School Board work. The procedures will fully comply with all applicable constitutional and legal requirements. All suppliers will be chosen without regard to race, national origin, sex or other protected characteristic.