All executed contracts, purchase agreements, and purchase orders with Professional Learning/Development services including any exhibits, addenda, or amendments that are in effect or have been in effect in the last 3 years.
For purposes of this request, professional learning or professional development services include agreements with providers, publishers, vendors, or government entities that supply:
• Professional development, training, or coaching provided by a curriculum publisher as part of, or in connection with, a curriculum or instructional materials contract.
• Professional development, training, or coaching provided by a third-party vendor or service provider supporting curriculum implementation.
• Professional development, training, or coaching related to teaching content or instructional practice that supports classroom instruction.
• Professional learning, professional development, training, or instructional services provided by state agencies, state-affiliated organizations, regional education service agencies, regional education offices, or similar regional or state entities.
This request includes agreements where professional learning or professional development services are included as part of, bundled with, or incorporated into a broader curriculum, instructional materials, or instructional services contract, including services described in scopes of work or exhibits even if such services are not the primary purpose of the agreement.
I am requesting existing, already maintained electronic records (without copying, scanning, or printing).
Responsive to this request, and per clarification that you wanted to narrow the scope of your request to the following vendors only:
• McGraw Hill
• Amplify
• Savvas
• MGT
• Collaborative Classroom
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Mathematics Institute of Wisconsin
• Carnegie Learning
As well as subsequent discussions to identify the specific records sought, attached below are executed contracts/agreements for the following vendors who have held contracts with HCPSS over the last three years from the list above:
Amplify
• 041.21.B1 Screener for Reading Difficulties – see attached
• 116.23.B6 Cloud Based Adaptive Reading Program – this contract can be found on our purchasing website: https://hcpss.bonfirehub.com/publicContracts/193440#!/ (under Files – Download)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• 097.25.B7 Reading Intervention Tool – see attached. Please note this is a piggyback contract and as such we utilize this contract as awarded by Henrico County VA.
• 072.26.B8 Read180 Reading Intervention Tool – this new award was recently considered by the Howard County Board of Education at its meeting last week: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DSXFUV40DD9D/$file/04%2030%202026%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf. As such, the finalized contract for this award does not yet exist. Mathematics Institute of Wisconsin - see attached. Under MPIA GP § 4-335, which prevents disclosure of confidential trade secret, commercial or financial records furnished by an outside unit, unique pricing beyond the total of the contract has been redacted as they have the potential to cause harm to the competitive position of the vendor from whom the information was obtained and are not customarily released.