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STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - One day after losing an administrative appeal on the awarding of a $15 million contract to run a student information system in the state's schools, Skyward Inc. vowed Friday to "exercise all possible legal options" if necessary to fix what it called an unfair bid process.
Portage County leaders are warning what will happen if Stevens Point based Skyward leaves the state. More>>
Skyward and district officials in Stevens Point called the meeting to share concerns, with hope that something can still be done. More>>
A Stevens Point company is waiting for the results of a state appeal after being passed over for a $15 million education contract. More>>
It's a web-based program that allows teachers, students and parents to all interact online. State leaders say one type of software will help them be more successful. More>>
The Department of Administration has sent a release about the process of selecting a company for a student information system to be used statewide. In a release titled "Letter to the Editor," the state says the process was fair.*****Here's theletter from DOA:There have been a number of questions about the procurement of a Statewide Student Information System (SSIS) that the Department of Administration (DOA) conducted on behalf of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Pleas... More>>
That bill would allow multiple companies to sell information systems to Wisconsin schools. More>>
A group of Wisconsin lawmakers is making a push to keep a Stevens Point company in our state. They've introduced a new bill that would allow multiple companies to sell information systems to Wisconsin schools. More>>
The state superintendent is speaking to Newsline 9 for the first time, after a Wisconsin company was passed up for an education contract. This comes just days after that company filed an appeal with the state. More>>
A Stevens Point technology company says it plans to challenge the state's decision on an education contract. More>>
A Stevens Point company says it was wronged by the state and filed an appeal. Skyward was one of several companies competing for a state-wide education contract. More>>
A Wisconsin-based school software provider has filed a protest with the state over its losing of a $15 million contract to a Minnesota company. More>>
Political leaders are calling on the state to rethink its decision to award an education contract to an out-of-state company. More>>
Edgar School's Superintendent Dave Brandvold isn't happy about Skyward's contract loss More>>
Skyward UpdatePortage County lawmakers send letter to Governor Scott Walker in hopes state will reconsider decision to award an education contract to a company outside Wisconsin. More>>
A Stevens Point technology company is waiting to hear if it will get a statewide multi-million dollar contract. More>>
Newly released records show that an offer of tax breaks to a Stevens Point company contingent on it winning a state contract had been accepted, contradicting earlier claims from Gov. Scott Walker's administration that no firm commitment had been made. More>>
The head of the semi-private state agency that offered, and then rescinded, tax credits to a Wisconsin company contingent upon it winning a state bid says he believes the proposal was legal. More>>
The state suspended consideration of bids to operate a new statewide student information system after it discovered a Wisconsin-based company in the running had been offered tax breaks if it won the contract. More>>
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