Pays Trellis Research up to $12,000 per year for legal research software for the Legal Department

Trellis Research, Inc. will provide a hosted software-as-a-service (SaaS) legal intelligence tool that the district's Legal Department can use through a website. The agreement runs from August 8, 2025 through August 8, 2026, with a limit of $12,000 per fiscal year. The service period began before this approval.

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Vendor / partner: Trellis Research, Inc. · Los Angeles, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Technology
Term: Aug 8, 2025 – Aug 8, 2026
This vote: $12,000
Presented by: General Counsel
File: 25-2123 · agenda O.-45
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 8, 2025

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Software as A Service (“SAAS”) Services Agreement, by and between the District and Trellis Research, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, for the latter to provide legal intelligence software and infrastructure in a hosted environment provided and maintained by Trellis; granting access under Agreement via a web site or another designated IP address to the Legal Department, as stated in Exhibit A of the Agreement, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, via Legal Department, for the period of August 8, 2025 through August 8, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $12,000 per fiscal year.

History

Oct 8, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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