Approve the Renewal Purchase of Cayen Systems’ Supplemental Services Tracker System to Manage Hillsborough County’s Supplemental Educational Services Program for the 2006-2007 School Year (Student Services and Federal Programs Division)

On July 26, 2005, the purchase of Cayen Systems’ Supplemental Services Tracker was approved by the School District of Hillsborough County. The software system resides on a server within our district’s firewall and handles the financial management and invoicing of the program, communication with providers and parents, manages student enrollment and placement, holds all district accountability data, and contains a myriad of reporting and evaluation tools. For the 2006-07 school year, the system will assist in supporting all 77 sites that are required to offer Supplemental Educational Services.

The District will eliminate the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test achievement gap by a minimum of 10 percentage points as reported by No Child Left Behind.

The impact to the Title I budget is $36,530.

At the conclusion of the 2006-07 school year, an evaluation will be conducted to determine the effectiveness of the Cayen Systems software to support the district’s Supplemental Educational Services program. This evaluation will assess the software’s ability to accurately track expenses and attendance, produce accurate invoices, and provide accurate student reporting data to the state. The results of this evaluation will be shared with the vendor and be used in determining future purchases.