# Texas — 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 Texas, state and entity type is Texas — school districts; entity type is school districts; spending category is goods and services, aggregated across a 12-month period; produce and vehicle fuel excepted; formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is $100,000 or more in the aggregate for each 12-month period; threshold (normalised) is $100,000, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State and entity type:** Texas — school districts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Entity type:** school districts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** goods and services, aggregated across a 12-month period; produce and vehicle fuel excepted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** $100,000 or more in the aggregate for each 12-month period _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $100,000 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Informal quote tier:** none stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** no adjustment mechanism stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** Tex. Educ. Code § 44.031 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Except as provided by this subchapter, all school district contracts for the purchase of goods and services, except contracts for the purchase of produce or vehicle fuel, valued at $100,000 or more in the aggregate for each 12-month period shall be made by the method, of the following methods, that provides the best value for the district:

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/education-code/educ-sect-44-031.html

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