Board approves multiyear renewals for district learning platforms and assessments

Union Public Schools on July 14 approved a set of multi-year renewals for instructional and assessment software intended for screening, personalized learning, learning-management and online-course delivery, district presenters said.

The purchases approved included a two-year renewal with Renaissance Learning Inc. for Star Reading/Math assessments ($290,272.36 from bond funds), a two-year Exact Path agreement with Amentum ($284,576.54 from textbook bond funds) for an adaptive tutorial program, a 24-month Canvas and Mastery Connect renewal from Instructure Inc. ($420,244.25 from bond funds), Edgenuity online-coursework subscriptions (two years, $130,550 from bond funds) and a PowerSchool master service agreement covering teacher/principal evaluation and online employment applications ($133,101.71 from bond funds). District presenters said funding for each contract was drawn from bond or textbook bond funds as shown on the agenda.

Administrators described uses for each system: Star assessments as the district screener administered multiple times per year; Exact Path to provide adaptive tutorials particularly at elementary levels; Canvas as the learning-management system for grades 6–12; Edgenuity for full-time virtual students and credit recovery; and PowerSchool for evaluations and staff application management.

Board members voted to approve each contract on roll call. Administrators said district staff plan to expand usage of Exact Path in coming years and keep Star assessment cadence in place. The district did not announce any changes to grading, graduation requirements or instructional models tied to these purchases during the meeting.