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Committee recommends Board approve $1.24M in K–5 literacy materials and licenses from Amplify
Summary
Forest Hills Finance Committee recommended that the Board approve purchases of CKLA materials ($1,105,390), Boost Reading licenses ($61,152) and mCLASS DIBELS licenses ($76,960) from Amplify, pending the Board Curriculum Committee's approval.
The Finance Committee forwarded recommendations to the full Board to purchase multiple K–5 literacy resources from Amplify. The largest item is Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) materials and six-year online licenses for a cost not to exceed $1,105,390; the committee also recommended one-year Boost Reading online licenses at up to $61,152 and mCLASS DIBELS 8th edition materials/licenses at up to $76,960.
Scott Haid, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, presented the curriculum items and noted partial state funding for the CKLA purchase. Each purchase is listed as "pending the Board Curriculum Committee approval" in the minutes and was recommended by the Finance Committee for Board approval.
