The largest IT project in the department's legislative budget request (LBR) is $4 million to ensure all existing district tools are part of the Collaborate Plan Align Learn Motivate Share (CPALMS) platform.
Several improvements have been made in the past few years to implement departmental and legislative priorities. The request for district tools is for maintenance of various programs, including CPALMS websites for students, teachers and districts, as well as portals for instructional reporting and civics literacy initiatives.
The department website describes CPALMS as an ”online toolbox of information, vetted resources and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards.”
Its other funding requests are:
- $3.8 million for transparency tools that ensure access to instructional materials for parents, school staff and the public
- $1.8 million for the School Choice Online Portal, including annual licensing fees for hosting and software
- $1.1 million for the risk mitigation program, including network access controls, zero trust and multifactor authentication
- $850,000 for Florida Planning, Accounting and Ledger Managementreadiness
- $845,250 for school choice web applications and a database update, including maintenance costs, licenses, hosting and backup recovery
- $750,000 for staff augmentation focusing on application support and IT
- $75,000 for the Education Meets Opportunity Platform
