What determines the date of a purchase? Is it the date the purchase order was placed, the date of the invoice received from the vendor, or other?
For vendor products or services the date of purchase is the date of the invoice received from the vendor. For district services, such as IT support or professional development, it is the date the service was completed. • Does this program have any requirements regarding how long the products procured by the program must remain at the eligible schools? For example, under the federal E-Rate program the products must remain at the school for three years. Section VI.H of the Settlement Agreement provides that the vouchers may only be used in Eligible Schools, except that server products may in some circumstances be used for the benefit of both Eligible and ineligible schools. So, with that exception, products obtained through the settlement cannot be used in ineligible schools and cannot be transferred from Eligible Schools to ineligible schools. However, the Eligible Schools can replace or retire the products when that is appropriate. • Does the vendor certification re academic pricing (s
