Lets Family Engagement Lab use district data to study its FASTalk family-messaging program

The district would share student data with Family Engagement Lab so it can research whether its FASTalk (Families and School Talk) program leads to better academic outcomes, and for whom it works best. The agreement costs the district nothing and runs June 30, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

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Pulled from the consent vote. Adopted in its own vote at this meeting (7–0), instead of with the rest of the consent report.

Sep 8, 2021 · Adopted (passed). A motion was made by Vice President Davis, seconded by President Gonzales,that this Agreement or Contract be Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote.

Samantha Pal Absent
Natalie Gallegos Chavez Absent
Aimee Eng Aye
VanCedric Williams Aye
Gary Yee Aye
Mike Hutchinson Aye
Clifford Thompson Aye
Benjamin "Sam" Davis Aye
Shanthi Gonzales Aye

Notes on the official text

The title and text label the agreement 2020-2021, but the explicit dates in the text set the period as June 30, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and those dates govern.

Vendor / partner: Family Engagement Lab
Action: MOU or data sharing
Category: Partnerships & data sharing
Term: Jun 30, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
Funding: No Fiscal Impact
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 21-1947 · agenda V.-37
Outcome: Adopted, Sep 8, 2021

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of a Data Sharing Agreement 2020-2021 by and between District and Family Engagement Lab authorizing District to share data with the latter, which will allow Family Engagement Lab to conduct a research project, under which vendor’s FASTalk (Families and School Talk) staff asks the following research questions: Does FASTalk promote positive academic outcomes for students? and Under what conditions and for whom is FASTalk most effective at promoting positive student outcomes?, for the period of June 30, 2021 through June 30, 2022, at no cost to the District.

History

Sep 8, 2021 Adopted

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