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State signs five-year Panorama contract; LEAs must each cover half the cost for required early-warning systems
Summary
Utah announced a new five-year contract with Panorama Education for the statewide early-warning student-intervention system; the state says LEAs are required to have an early-warning system under 2024 law and must cover 50% of vendor access costs or use an approved alternate that meets statutory data requirements.
Utah state staff told LEA data teams that the state has executed a new five-year contract with Panorama Education to provide the early-warning system required by 2024 legislation.
The presenter said the law requires every local education agency and school to operate an early-warning system that ingests assessments, attendance, behavior, and course data and supports intervention workflows for counselors and teachers. "The LEAs are responsible for paying 50% of the cost to access the software," the presenter said during the meeting.
USB staff clarified that LEAs may use a different vendor if their platform fully satisfies the statutory requirements; however, the state has not completed a systemwide evaluation of alternative platforms. Staff noted that Panorama has been piloted in many districts and that this contract is a new five-year agreement with extension options.
Why it matters: the early-warning system is intended to help schools identify students who need interventions earlier by combining multiple data streams. The cost-share requirement means smaller LEAs should expect to budget for subscription access, while larger districts that have built their own systems may opt to continue using local solutions if they meet the law's ingestion and display requirements.
What USB will do next: staff said they are surveying LEAs via Qualtrics to determine which early-warning platform each LEA already uses; that inventory will guide distribution of grant funds through the grant-management system. USB also plans webinars; the attendance team listed an upcoming May 5 webinar featuring Panorama staff for districts and charters.
Source and provenance: the contract announcement and cost-sharing terms were presented by state staff and discussed in Q&A (topic begins SEG 081 and runs through SEG 164).
