California — school districts
For California, state and entity type is California — school districts; entity type is school districts; spending category is equipment, materials, supplies and services (higher figure); public projects as defined in Pub. Cont. Code § 22002(c) (lower figure); formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); threshold (normalised) is $50,000 for equipment, materials, supplies and services; $15,000 for public projects, recorded from its source on 2026-09-25.
- State and entity type
- California — school districts our reading
- State
- California our reading
- Entity type
- school districts our reading
- Spending category
- equipment, materials, supplies and services (higher figure); public projects as defined in Pub. Cont. Code § 22002(c) (lower figure) our reading
- Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute)
- more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) verified
- Threshold (normalised)
- $50,000 for equipment, materials, supplies and services; $15,000 for public projects our reading
- Informal quote tier
- none in § 20111 — the section requires a contract above these figures to be let to the lowest responsible bidder and prescribes no quotation procedure below them our reading
- Below the threshold
- an alternative regime exists in the same code that § 20111 does not mention, and a district has to opt into it. Under Cal. Pub. Cont. Code § 22030(a) that article applies only to a public agency whose governing board has by resolution elected to become subject to the uniform construction cost accounting procedures set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 22010), and which has notified the Controller of that election. A district that has neither passed that resolution nor notified the Controller is outside the article altogether. our reading
- Indexation
- the Superintendent of Public Instruction annually adjusts the dollar amounts specified in subdivision (a) for the change in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services, rounded to the nearest $100; subdivision (e) states no adjustment for the $15,000 public-project figure in subdivision (b) our reading
- Statutory citation
- Cal. Pub. Cont. Code § 20111 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(a) (1) The governing board of any school district, in accordance with any requirement established by that governing board pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2000, shall let any contracts involving an expenditure of more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for any of the following: (A) The purchase of equipment, materials, or supplies to be furnished, sold, or leased to the district. (B) Services, except construction services. (C) Repairs, including maintenance as defined in Section 20115, that are not a public project as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 22002. (2) The governing board shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who shall give security as the board requires, or else reject all bids. (b) (1) The governing board shall let any contract for a public project, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 22002, involving an expenditure of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or more, to the lowest responsible bidder who shall give security as the board requires, or else reject all bids.
— leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-09-25
Where each value comes from
These values are stated in different places, and not all on the same page, so each is shown with the passage that states it and the source that passage came from.
Below the threshold
This article applies only to a public agency whose governing board has by resolution elected to become subject to the uniform construction cost accounting procedures set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 22010) and which has notified the Controller of that election. In the event of a conflict with any other provision of law relative to bidding procedures, this article shall apply to any public agency which has adopted a resolution and so notified the Controller.
— from california.public.law, retrieved 2026-09-25
Indexation
(e) Commencing January 1, 1997, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall annually adjust the dollar amounts specified in subdivision (a) to reflect the percentage change in the annual average value of the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services for the United States, as published by the United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month period ending in the prior fiscal year. The annual adjustments shall be rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars ($100).
— from leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-09-25
Sources
- leginfo.legislature.ca.govhttps://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PCC§ionNum=20111
- california.public.lawhttps://california.public.law/codes/ca_pub_cont_code_section_22030