Sidney school board passes policy changes, approves report

The Sidney Public Schools Board met on Monday night for its first meeting of the summer and for the first time since the Nebraska Legislature concluded its 89-day session.

The majority of the meeting was spent passing a few policy amendments to confirm with recent legislative changes and federal regulations.

Terminology to an existing bid letting and contract policy was amended to allow the district to award construction contracts under $100,000 without seeking bids.

Superintendent Jay Ehler explained the change.

“It used to be if any construction exceeded $40,000, we had to get bids,”...