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Gilroy Unified approves multiple contracts and vendor renewals; residents urge accountability for virtual speech services

Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education · April 19, 2024
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Summary

The board approved Kagan PD, a Quizzes district license, consolidated Edmentum services, an MOU with Santa Clara County Office of Education, and increases to speech and psychology vendor contracts; a San Jose State clinician urged transparency about virtual speech services funded under the $803,000 Universal Speech agreement.

Gilroy Unified's board approved several vendor contracts and service renewals on April 18, covering professional development, districtwide edtech tools, virtual service providers and county partnership slots. Trustees voted unanimously to approve a Kagan Cooperative Structures contract for secondary professional development not to exceed $74,169 and a three-year districtwide Quizzes license not to exceed $85,500 (annual $28,500) funded from LCAP Goal 1. The board also approved consolidating Edmentum contracts into a three-year agreement not to exceed $304,000 to cover the Virtual Learning Academy, credit recovery and summer school.

Superintendent and staff framed the EdTech approvals as part of a larger effort to inventory tools and streamline systems, highlighting data privacy reviews and integration with Clever. "Our goal is to…

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