The Hillsborough County School Board will review a policy Tuesday that would require any use, lease, sale or other disposition of district-owned real estate to go through a public request-for-proposals process, adding new controls on how the district handles land and facilities.
The proposed policy would mandate that all such transactions be initiated through a competitive RFP process, include a formal recommendation from the superintendent and receive approval from a majority of the board at a public meeting. It would also prohibit land swaps involving district-owned property.
Current policy places responsibility for real estate transactions with the superintendent and does not require a competitive bidding process…