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Statewide
Student Management System
Update
October 10, 2013
Deborah Gilliam
Product Manager, SIS
[email protected]
615-253-1637 Office
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Costs Set
Contract Terms Set
Waiting on Final Signatures
5 High-Quality Vendor Solutions
Very Aggressive Pricing
Portfolio of Services
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Student Information System
Data Integration Services
Teacher Dashboards
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Who Made the Decision?
Four District Evaluators:
James Atkins, Grainger County
Stacy Byrd, Henry County
Beverly Miller, Greeneville City
Sharon Spears, Coffee County
You Did
Five District Steering Committee Members:
Jackie Abernathy, Marshall County
David Huss, Obion County
Steve Rudder, Knox County
Greg Sturgill, Hawkins County
Johanna Whitley, Anderson County
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The Best of the Best…
The new SSMS vendors beginning in 2014-15
Edupoint (Synergy)
Follett (Aspen)
Pearson (PowerSchool)
Skyward (Student Management Suite)
Software Technology, Inc. (InformationNOW)
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Contract Highlights
Contract term: Five years (three years with two oneyear renewal options)
Districts must sign a Participating Addendum to the
state contract (between LEA and state)
All costs outlined in the SIS contracts expected to
remain static for the life of the contract
Data conversion, implementation and training costs
are responsibility of the district
Districts must sign a Statement of Work with vendor
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Contract Highlights
TDOE flat rate subsidy $2.55 per ADM
Towards annual costs (licensing, maintenance and
support)
Subsidy for districts using the new SIS solutions in the
state hosted environment only
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Contract Highlights
Annual per ADM costs for SSMS vendor solutions:
– Annual costs include license, maintenance, and support
– TDoE covers hosting costs
– Annual costs are based on the previous school year official
ADM (the one used for BEP calculations)
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Vendor
Product
Per ADM
Your Cost
Edupoint
Synergy
$4.50
$1.95
Follett
Aspen
$4.90
$2.35
Pearson
PowerSchool
$4.50
$1.95
Skyward
SMS
$5.25
$2.70
STI
InformationNOW
$4.50
$1.95
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Future of the SSMS RUGs (Regional User Groups)?
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Comments
Questions
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