Title 1
Title 1
Private School Support
Purchasing Policies
Purchasing must follow TUSD purchasing policies. Purchases over $5000 but under $30,000 must be accompanied by 3 written quotes from vendors. For details, check the Purchasing policies.
Lead time for requests - Submit requisitions at least 30 days prior to the start of a conference. For reimbursement requests, using the flat percentage for reimbursement please allow 3-4 weeks for processing. Using the process by which each conference is evaluated for non-secular content, please allow 6-8 weeks.
Equipment & Instructional Aids - All equipment and instructional aids purchased with TUSD entitlement funding must be labeled and inventoried by TUSD’s Asset Management. If a private school chooses to no longer participate in TUSD’s entitlement programs, the equipment must be returned to TUSD. This is a Federal mandate.
Travel - If teachers want air flights to be paid directly from their entitlement funding, their request goes must first go to the TUSD Private School Coordinator with a listing of legal names, dates of travel, and the name of the conference. After this is done, the private school is responsible for contacting the District travel agency to make the reservations:
Ambassador Travel
1045 N. Kolb Rd
Tucson, AZ 85710
(520) 721-2300
Ask for Peggy and tell her you’re with TUSD
State Reimbursement Rates (PDF)
Hotel - TUSD will reimburse teachers at the conference-rate for lodging, but the individual is responsible for submitting a copy of a brochure indicating the conference hotel rate of lodging. Otherwise, TUSD will reimburse at the maximum allowable state per diem rate established by the Arizona Department of Administration.