Hillsborough County Public Schools Information and Technology
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Renewal of Agreement with the Tampa Educational Cable Consortium (TECC) to Produce, Cablecast, and Web-cast Educational Programming for Students, Parents, Teachers, and Our Community at Large

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

TECC has partnered with Hillsborough County Public Schools since 1987 to provide quality educational programming for our community. Through the Education Channel and Explorer Channel, TECC provides the community with reliable, unfiltered delivery of all school board meetings and press conferences that enable the citizens of Hillsborough County to stay connected to the District’s decision-making process. Award winning educational programming such as Math Homework Hot-line, Algebra Homework Hot-line, the Superintendent’s Forum, Spotlight on Technology, and live teleconferences featuring children’s book authors are just a few of the offerings that contribute to the 1,200 annual hours of school district programming. “Dimelo”, the newest offering, provides Spanish-speaking parents with important information about our school district in their native language.

As a testament to its high standards of educational program quality, TECC has received the national “Excellence in Educational Access” award eight times in the past ten years.

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

This program targets all instructional metrics in the District’s Strategic Plan.

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

This annual contract for $158,000 supports and continues the content rich programming our community has come to expect and represents approximately twenty percent of the TECC annual operating budget. This contract will be funded by the District Technology Budget, Project 4500.

EVALUATION

SUBMITTED BY: Cindy Luiaconi, Manager of Services and Support



Jack E. Davis
Chief Information and Technology Officer
(813) 272-4600
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