Coversheet

Board of Education Meeting Date: 6/11/2020

Action under consideration

	The Administration recommends that the Board of Education authorize The School District of Philadelphia, through the Superintendent or his designee, to execute and perform a contract, subject to funding, as follows:
	With: American Reading Company Attainment Corporation Beckers Benchmark Booksource BrainHive Capstone Carnegie Learning Cengage Learning Discovery Education ExploreLearning Follett Great Minds Heinemann HMH Kaplan Lakeshore Learning Learning A-Z Mackin Mathline Howbrite McGraw Hill Mentoring Minds Newsela Open Up Resources Perfection Learning Rice Mill Saddleback Savvas Learning Scholastic School Specialty TCM Textbook Warehouse Touchmath LLC Vista Voyager Sopris
	Purpose: To provide textbooks and instructional aids to schools

	Start date: 7/1/2020
	End date: 6/30/2021

Compensation not to exceed: $15,000,000

Separate Compensation by Vendor:
All entities will be paid out of the aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000.

Location:
All Schools;

Description:

The School District has identified a need for textbooks and instructional aids for schools to facilitate the educational process. By authorizing these vendors, the central office and Principals have access to a wide variety of textbooks and instructional aids for use in classrooms that are aligned to and support the District's curriculum and instructional goals. Purchases authorized by this action item are reviewed and supported by the Office of Academic Supports. The District's anchor goals of 100% of students graduating ready for college and career, and 100% of 8-year-olds reading on or above grade level, are served by this authorization. The School District expects that each student will have access to the ELA, math, science and social studies textbooks and manipulatives needed to succeed through this authorization.

Anchor Goal(s) Supported:

Funding Source(s):
FY21 Operating and Categorical

Office Originating Request: Board of Education