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Board approves modification to student-assignment demographic study and modeling contract
Summary
The board voted to approve a contract modification to continue a demographic study ($55,000 initial phase) and to add student-assignment modeling work; staff said the funds should cover the planned simulations but additional modeling could incur more costs.
The San Francisco Unified School District approved a contract modification on April 14 to continue a demographic analysis and to fund student-assignment modeling.
Staff explained the project has two parts: a $55,000 demographic study (projected to span more than one fiscal year) that is nearly complete, and a separate modification to run specific student-assignment models using the collected data. Commissioners asked whether the proposed funding was adequate for the number of simulations the board might request; staff replied that the allocation appears sufficient for the simulations discussed so far but additional simulations could increase costs.
During the discussion commissioners said model outputs would depend on explicit direction from the board about the scenarios to test. The roll-call vote on the contract modification recorded seven ayes and the motion carried.
Next steps: Staff will use demographic results and board guidance to run the approved simulations and report outcomes back to the board.
