Ratifies up to $40,000 for Marker Learning's AI report-writing software for school psychologists

The district would pay Jayne B. Company (dba Marker Learning) up to $40,000 for software licenses that let school psychologists use AI to draft psychoeducational evaluation reports from uploaded records such as referral packets and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). The service began August 11, 2025, before this approval.

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Notes on the official text

The title labels the agreement 2024-2025, but the action text states a term of August 11, 2025, through June 30, 2026, which governs.

Vendor / partner: Jayne B. Company dba Marker Learning · Hoboken, NJ
Action: New agreement
Category: Special education
Sub-category: Programs & support
Term: Aug 11, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026
This vote: $40,000
Funding: Special Education Funding
Resource / site: 6500-975
Vendor no.: 008230
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 25-1847 · agenda O.-11
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 10, 2025

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Software as a Service (SaaS) Agreement 2024-2025 by and between the District and Jayne B. Company, dba Marker Learning, Hoboken, NJ, for the latter to provide OUSD school psychologists with licenses to access online software with AI functions to write and generate psychoeducational evaluation reports using evaluation documentation uploaded by OUSD school psychologists, such as referral packets, Individualized Education Programs (“IEPs”), and assessment score reports; and fulfill other case management purposes and related purposes, as may be permitted from time to time by the features and functionality of the SaaS Tool, via the Special Education Department, for the period August 11, 2025, through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00.

History

Sep 10, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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