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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the Expenditure of Grant Funds from the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grant Year Five for the Data Management System (Information and Technology Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TIF Grant funds have provided the means for the development of the District's Data Management System in support of the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) since December 11, 2007, when the School Board approved Convergence Consulting Group (CCG) to develop that system.  CCG consultants have worked closely with the Information Services, Human Resources, and Assessment and Accounting Departments to develop the system.  Approving this agenda will enable the District, in conjunction with CCG, continue to maintain and support the Data Management System.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Align financial resources to support the district’s strategic goals • Demonstrate best financial practices
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)

Information Technology consulting services and software expenditures for the fifth year of the TIF Grant are estimated at $450,000.  These funds will be paid from the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grant Year Five.

EVALUATION
Consultants are monitored and evaluated on a weekly basis by staff and reported during TIF project status meetings with Human Resources and Information Services.
SUBMITTED BY:  Christina Russell, Teacher Incentive Fund Department Manager
Daniel I. Schultz, Application Manager, Information Services
David J. Steele, Ph.D.   Gretchen Saunders
Chief Information and Technology Officer and Project Director for Empowering Effective Teachers Grant
  Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
    A 5.09
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20111004_474 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 5.09