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USIMS update: $17.2 million appropriation, three domains, Ed‑Fi standard and 18‑month development horizon
Summary
Staff delivered a detailed update on the Utah Schools Information Management System (USIMS): goals, governance, current functionality across student/finance/educator domains, funding of $17.2 million, current spend, vendor integration, and an 18‑month projection to roll core development into the agency IT budget.
Utah State Board of Education staff presented an extended update on USIMS (Utah Schools Information Management System), the multi‑year project to consolidate multiple legacy systems and data feeds into a cloud‑based platform supporting educator, finance and student domains.
Chief product owner and program manager Katrina Brinkley summarized goals and structure: reengineer core data collections per legislative direction, reduce manual LEA reporting by automating APIs, consolidate 28 legacy systems and provide a single login with modular domain‑focused working groups. Brinkley said the enabling statute cited for the project is legislative code 53e‑3‑518, which instructs USBE to reengineer core data collections and reporting capabilities.
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