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BY JESSICA SANCHEZ

Con icts of Interest — Is Your

District Ready for Compliance?
Jessica Sanchez

“Arizona’s con ict of interest laws serve to prevent self- HB 2663, made significant revisions to A.R.S. §15-213,
dealing by public o cials… e nancial interests of public procurement practices of school districts and charter schools;
o cers or employees must not con ict with the unbiased violations; classification; definitions. These significant
performance of their public duties because ‘one cannot serve revisions include:
OPTIMAL two masters with con icting interests.’” See Maucher v. City of • Requiring the State Board of Education to amend school
LEARNING Eloy (App. 1985). district procurement rules to ensure the maximum practicable
TEMPERATURES Con ict of interest laws have been around for a long time. competition as prescribed by A.R.S. § 41-2565.
RANGE FROM School district o cials should already be aware of current • e SBOE School District Procurement Code amendments
68-74 laws on the books and in policy that prohibit con icts of shall require that a person who:

DEGREES interest and the acceptance of illegal gifts from vendors. In • Violates these rules be personally liable for the recovery of
addition to the heightened focus on these current laws, school all public monies paid plus 20 percent of that amount and legal
FAHRENHEIT.
district o cials must be aware of the new requirements and
sanctions enacted by House Bill 2663, which was signed into
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