Pays Newsela up to $118,037 for reading and ethnic studies content, plus a student data-sharing agreement
The district is buying Newsela English language arts content for middle schools and its California Ethnic Studies collection for high schools for the 2025-26 school year. A separate data sharing agreement sets how student data is shared with Newsela and how Newsela must protect it.
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- Vendor / partner
- Newsela, Inc. · New York, NY
- Action
- New agreement
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- Classroom & academic programs
- Term
- Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026
- This vote
- $118,037
- Funding
- S&C Carryover Fund
- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
25-1843· agendaL.-24- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Aug 27, 2025
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement (SA) and Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) by and between the District and Newsela, Inc. New York, NY, for the latter to provide, through the SA, access to the Newsela ELA content in the Order Form for OUSD middle schools and the Newsela California Ethnic Studies collection for OUSD high schools, as described in Exhibit A, Agreement: the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set, forth, for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $118,037.00, and under the DSA, the terms and conditions of the District's transmission of or sharing of pupil data with Newsela, Inc., and the protection by Newsela, Inc., of such data for the same term as the SA, each, via the Academics and Instruction Department.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report