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Board discusses tech modernization, grant shifts and app audit as district seeks fewer overlapping systems

Montgomery County Board of Education · January 20, 2026
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Summary

CFO and CTO presented FY27 tech requests: shifting grant‑funded roles local, adding IT architects and systems engineers, and reducing implementation contractor spend; trustees requested a full audit of apps and consolidation options to reduce license inflation and parent/staff login friction.

District technology leaders told trustees that FY27 technology spending combines operating and CIP elements and includes both reductions and new investments. As implementation work for the enterprise hub winds down, staff proposed a net contractor reduction of about $4.25 million but asked the board to absorb several grant‑funded positions locally (approximately $526,000) and to add IT roles (project managers, systems engineers, technology architect) to maintain and secure core systems.

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