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BCS discloses $509,981.71 past-due bill for Apple device management; district and vendor outline fixes
Summary
Birmingham City Schools officials reported a past-due mobile device management (MDM) balance of $509,981.71 to Mozzle (MDM vendor) covering Jan. 2021–Sept. 2024, described steps taken to reconcile device counts and to align future licensing, and discussed gaps in prior contract oversight.
Birmingham City Schools officials told the board they will seek approval to pay $509,981.71 to Mozzle Corporation for past-due mobile device management (MDM) license fees covering January 2021 through September 2024.
The matter surfaced during a work-session presentation on how the district manages Apple-device licenses. Freddie Padavan, Mozzle’s head of relationships, said Mozzle and the district jointly counted devices and reduced an initial $600,000 figure to the $509,981.71 total. “We will be asking for approval to pay $509,981.71 to Mozzle Corporation for past due license fees related to our Apple devices…from January 2021 to September 2024,” Padavan said during the presentation.
District staff and Mozzle representatives described…
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