District staff explain vendor payments; board hears about districtwide iCEV CTE license

Tony Caral and other finance staff summarized non-payroll disbursements for September, reporting total non-payroll disbursements of $6,043,640.95 (34.7% in checks and 65.3% ACH). Board member Frank asked about specific vendors and invoices. Finance staff described EMSLink (nutrition inventory and menu planning), Granicus (board meeting streaming and captioning), RelayHub (school-based Medicaid claiming and provider scheduling), and examples of vendors used for curtains, gym equipment and CTE course materials.

Board members asked for more detail about a $258,000 line item for CTE materials. Instruction staff explained the purchase is for iCEV (also referred to as ICEV in the transcript), a districtwide, online CTE curriculum and resource platform that contains modules across multiple career-technical areas. "It is like a one-stop shop that has multiple opportunities to use in different CTE courses," said Dr. Hovakert (title given as instructional staff in transcript). District staff said they negotiated a substantial discount off the list price and characterized the procurement as a districtwide license for the year.

Board members asked for a demonstration of the platform; instructional staff agreed to arrange a demonstration and promised to share materials with board members. Finance staff answered additional questions about voided checks and replacement checks (an item lost in the mail) and explained that budget lines reflect one-year subscriptions and program purchases.

The subcommittee recommended vendor payments be placed on the consent agenda for full-board action.