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District signs five-year FastBridge contract to avoid steep per-student price jump
Summary
The board packet included a five-year contract for Renaissance’s FastBridge assessment after the company told the district state funding no longer offsets costs; staff said the multi-year agreement limits a projected per-student jump from about $4 to roughly $10 next year.
District officials told the board the company that provides FastBridge assessments informed them the state will no longer offset costs, and the district signed a five-year contract to avoid a large near-term price increase.
Dr. Reed (district staff) explained the issue: "FastBridge will no longer be funded or offset by the state. ... right now we're paying about $4 a student. If we didn't sign a multi year contract, it would jump up after next school year to about $10 a student," he said. To limit that increase, the administration negotiated a five-year contract with phased increases: approximately $4.10 next year, $4.20 the following year, and so on, avoiding an immediate large increase.
Why it matters: the district serves roughly 5,000 students (figure cited during discussion), so a per-student increase from $4 to $10 would be a material recurring cost. Dr. Reed characterized the contract as multi-year to stabilize costs while the district monitors whether the state adopts a different funding approach.
Board action and placement: the contract is included in the consent agenda (contracts) and was described as a multi-year commitment rather than a single-year lump-sum payment. Board members noted the contract’s multi-year schedule and that specific year-by-year costs are itemized in the packet.
Next steps: administration will include the contract details in the audited and budgeted expenditures and monitor state funding developments that could change the district’s share of the cost.
