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Board questions LinkIt price rise as district prepares K'3 literacy reporting to state
Summary
Board members pressed administrators about a 12% LinkIt price increase and how the district will comply with New Jersey's twice-yearly K'3 literacy screener export requirement (DIBELS to NJ Homeroom); administrators said Title I funds may cover new modules and they will fall back to manual uploads if needed.
Finance and administration introduced the finance docket and a board member asked for clarification about a recent addition: a summer savings disbursement and several annual contracts. Members flagged a 12% increase to LinkIt and asked which modules the district uses.
The superintendent explained LinkIt has added modules and the district plans to use two additional modules funded with Title I where appropriate but will evaluate whether the new module is worth the cost. The superintendent added the state now requires twice-yearly exports of an approved K'3 literacy screener (DIBELS) to the New Jersey Homeroom portal and the district is testing LinkIt's export functionality; "If it doesn't significantly make it easier, we will resort to manually doing that upload instead," the superintendent said.
