Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 9/28/2017 - 6:30 PM
Category: Report of the Committee on Accountability, Finance, and Personnel
Type: Action
Subject: 5. Action on the Award of Professional Services Contracts
Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
Goal 3
Effective and Efficient Operations
Policy: Admin Policy 3.09 - Purchasing and Bidding Requirements
Attachments Overview of Action on the Award of Professional Services Contracts: Proposed Contracts and Supporting Documents
File Attachment:
1. Action on the Award of Professional Service Contracts.pdf
2. C024246 EdTech Strategies Original Contract.pdf
3. EdTech First Extension.pdf
4. C024246 EdTech Strategies Second Extension.pdf
5. C026709 Hoonuit, LLC.pdf
6. B0001092 Goodwill Original.pdf
7. B0001092 Goodwill First Extension.pdf
8. B0001092 Goodwill Second Extension.pdf
9. B0001092 Goodwill Third Contract Extension & Modification.pdf
Background: Recommended for the Board's approval at this meeting are the following professional services contracts:

EdTech Strategies, LLC for E-Rate Consulting Services, TSV-0-0-TEC-TC-ECTS = $282,460

Hoonuit, LLC for Online Professional Development and Training Content, SDV-0-S-T28-OD-ECTS = $95,000

Goodwill Talentbridge, LLC for Contracted Staffing Services, varies by location using services = $0
Fiscal Impact Statement: This item authorizes expenditures as indicated in the attachments.
Implementation and Assessment Plan Upon approval by the Board, the contracts will begin as indicated in the attachments.
Recommendation: Your Committee recommends that:

1. the Board accept the Administration’s recommendation, with the exception of the Goodwill Talentbridge extension;

2. the Board allow the Goodwill Talentbridge substitute-teacher service contract to sunset on December 31;

3. the Administration establish a taskforce to discuss and construct options to bring to the Board on the issues of:

a. providing substitute teachers to the classrooms;

b. hard-to-fill assignments in our schools;

c. possible options for providing healthcare to substitute teachers;

4. the taskforce begin meeting immediately following the full board meeting on September 28;

5. that the taskforce meet at least three times before the November meeting of the Committee on Accountability, Finance, and Personnel to present possible options for possible action in November;

6. following in December and January, the taskforce discuss possible options for healthcare for substitute teachers;

7. those options be presented during the February board cycle; and

8. the taskforce be made up of two representatives from the MTEA, two representatives from the Administration, one representative from the Office of Accountability and Efficiency, one community representative, one parent representative, and one member of the Board.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer