Education Code Section 17604 provides that wherever in the code the power to contract is invested in the Governing Board of the School District or any member thereof, such power may, by a majority vote of the Board, be delegated to its District Superintendent, or to such persons as the Superintendent may designate.
Education Code Section 17604 further provides that no contract made pursuant to such delegation and authorization shall be valid or constitute an enforceable obligation against the District unless and until the same shall have been approved or ratified by the Governing Board, said approval or ratification to be evidenced by a motion of said Board duly passed and adopted.
Education Code 17605 delineates purchasing authority related to supplies, materials, apparatus, equipment, and services; provided, however, that no such individual purchase shall involve an expenditure by the District in excess of the amount specified by Section 20111 of the Public Contract Code without utilizing proscribed bidding procedures.