Hillsborough County Public Schools Business
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve the Purchase of Recommended Titles for Online Credit Recovery Programs Instructional Materials from Compass Learning for Use in the District’s Dropout Prevention Program (IMPACT) (Business Division)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On May 18, 2010, the Board approved the purchase of one year subscriptions for online Compass Learning software to be utilized as credit earning or recovery by any student as it met the rigorous requirement for academic success required by our district.

With the success of students in the IMPACT program in 2009/2010, district and site administrators found the program to be beneficial and referred more students this school year requiring the purchase of additional licenses. The purchase of the additional licenses include 100 free licenses to be utilized at our four teen parent program locations for a period of one year.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

All Strategic Objectives

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

Funds of $117,000 will be available in the Supplemental Academic Instruction (SAI) budget for the purchase of the Online Credit Recovery Program.

EVALUATION

Contract administration or evaluation is performed by the Project Manager (end user) and Procurement Officer, who function as a team. Reviews are conducted face to face, typically quarterly, or by utilizing an online vendor performance report. Prior to soliciting a new contract, the Contract Administration team must first give consideration to the specifications and supporting data of the expiring contract.

SUBMITTED BY: Jean Bowman, General Manager, Procurement Department

Wynne A. Tye
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
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