# Illinois — school districts — Competitive bid thresholds for local government by US state — the dollar amount at which a city, county or school district must formally bid, with statutory citations

For Illinois, state and entity type is Illinois — school districts; entity type is school districts; spending category is supplies and materials, and work; formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is in excess of $35,000; threshold (normalised) is $35,000, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State and entity type:** Illinois — school districts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Illinois _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Entity type:** school districts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** supplies and materials, and work _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** in excess of $35,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $35,000 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Informal quote tier:** none stated — but a school board may set a lower threshold by its own policy _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** no adjustment mechanism stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** 105 ILCS 5/10-20.21 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> purchase of supplies and materials or work involving an expenditure in excess of $35,000 or a lower amount as required by board policy

## Source

- https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=010500050K10-20.21

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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