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Committee approves several contracts, data services renewals and litigation recommendations
Summary
At the April 3 Committee of the Whole meeting the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board approved renewals and professional-services contracts for data platforms and analytics, and approved recommendations in two litigation matters; votes were carried on each item.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board took votes on multiple consent and action items on April 3. Board members approved contract renewals and professional-services agreements and approved recommendations on two litigation matters. Below are the items, the funding noted in the agenda packet and the recorded procedural actions.
Votes at a glance
- Renaissance Learning (Item D2): Renewal of a professional services contract with Renaissance Learning to continue the EduCLIMBER data analytics program, amount $171,471.96; funding source listed as EEF. Motion by Mr. Lewis, second by Mr. Martin. The secretary called the vote and the motion carried.
- Exponent Education (Item D3): Professional services contract with Exponent Education for data visualization and analytics consulting, amount $92,400; funding source listed as General Fund (GACE grant in backup). Motion by Mr. Martin; second not verbally recorded in transcript before vote; the motion carried.
- D2I / Data to Instruction (Item D4): Professional services contract for professional development in data and academic support, amount $219,740; funding source CLSD grant noted in the packet. Motion by Mr. Rust, second by Mr. Martin; the motion carried.
- Litigation recommendation — Renee Smith and John Robbins v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board et al. (Item D5): The board approved the recommendation from general counsel as presented on the agenda; motion by Mr. Martin, second by President Stewart; the motion carried. The agenda noted a possible executive session; public comment was not recorded on this item.
- Litigation recommendation — Dynasty Brown v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board et al. (Item D6): The board entered executive session on the matter (motion to enter executive session moved by Mr. Beaulieu, seconded by Mr. Powell Lewis; transcript records the executive-session vote), then returned to open session and approved the recommendation from general counsel (motion by Mr. Beaulieu, second by Mr. Lewis; vote carried). Docket numbers and court references were read into the record in the agenda language.
Public comment on these items was either not offered or none was recorded in the meeting’s online comments. Board members asked technical clarifying questions on the contracts where needed; several of the contracts included grant or special-fund sources as the listed funding lines in the agenda packet.
No additional fiscal details beyond the amounts shown in the agenda backup were discussed at length for these items during the meeting; staff indicated the district had negotiated discounts or existing-customer pricing for some platforms (EduCLIMBER/Illuminate add-on), and that contract start dates and implementation timelines would follow the standard procurement processes.
