F.6. Consider Approval of WSISD Child Nutrition Department Purchasing Cooperative for the 2026-2027 School Year Description: The WSISD Child Nutrition Department currently participates in the Region 10 ESC Multi-Region Purchasing Cooperative (R10MRPC) and intends to continue using this purchasing cooperative for the 2026-2027 school year. Prior to the 2025-2026 school year, the WSISD Child Nutriti

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F.6. Consider Approval of WSISD Child Nutrition Department Purchasing Cooperative for the 2026-2027 School Year Description: The WSISD Child Nutrition Department currently participates in the Region 10 ESC Multi-Region Purchasing Cooperative (R10MRPC) and intends to continue using this purchasing cooperative for the 2026-2027 school year. Prior to the 2025-2026 school year, the WSISD Child Nutrition staff actively explored R10MRPC, attending their food show, meeting with vendors, and arranging taste testing at Brewer Middle School and Blue Haze Elementary to engage students in menu choices. In the 2025-2026 school year R10MRPC expanded product availability and accessibility, allowing student-centric choices, and providing substitutions that will better utilize USDA funding. R10MRPC is self-funded through a Vendor Participation Fee and there is no cost to the district for membership and participation.

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.3/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.