Board extends Student 1 contract to develop statewide system for systems‑involved youth data

The State Board authorized the commissioner to amend the contract for the systems‑involved youth data project (Student 1) to continue technical assistance for approximately one year. Staff told the board the project was established by statute and is funded through Education Innovation Lottery funds; the pilot has produced promising results and the amendment is intended to extend technical assistance while a statewide system is built and transitioned in‑house.

Ryan Ford, deputy commissioner, described Student 1’s role in providing technical expertise to stand up a system that coordinates data across potentially all 244 districts as well as courts and the Department of Health and Human Services. "That would be the plan... Once the system is fully stood up, we would then have that system in house and be able to maintain it ourselves," Ford said. The board approved the contract amendment by roll call (7 yes, 1 absent).