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Salisbury Township committee to bring CLEAR residency-verification software to board after presentation
Summary
After a presentation on CLEAR residency-verification software, staff recommended placing a contract on the full-board agenda; staff said three annual runs, tight access controls and estimated savings (one regular nonresident ≈ $17,000, one special-education nonresident ≈ $46,000) justify the purchase despite privacy questions from members.
Mr. Spinner and staff presented a plan on June 11 for the Salisbury Township School District to consider a contract with CLEAR, a residency-verification service staff say will let the district spot-check student addresses, generate color-coded risk reports and support appeals to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE).
The presenter said she first learned about CLEAR through the superintendent association and that the product can help the district “gather data to make a case” for disenrolling students or withholding charter/cyber tuition when residency does not match district records. “Informally, if this software allows us to find one student it pays for…
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