Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 8/16/2023 - 3:00 PM
Category: Consent Calendar
Type: Action
Subject: 11.18 CURRICULUM: Agreement With Turnitin, LLC for Software Licenses for Heritage High School, Liberty High School, Perris High School, Perris Lake High School, and Paloma Valley High School (funded through Local Control Accountability Plan Supplemental and Concentration Funds in the amount of $37,775, not the General Fund)
Strategic Plan:
Enclosure
File Attachment:
Turnitin Agreement_23-24.pdf
Summary: The Perris Union High School District would like to enter into an Agreement with Turnitin for a one (1) year subscription for software licenses for the 2023-24 school year.  The English Language Arts (ELA) Subject Area Council (SAC) is comprised of ELA Department Chairs across the District.  In 2019, the ELA SAC proposed a solution to promote originality and proper citations for student work samples ranging from essays to performance tasks.  The group reviewed different programs and unanimously approved Turnitin as the tool to address this need.  Turnitin will allow teachers to focus their time and energy on providing feedback to students on the content of their writing as opposed to validating originality and monitoring plagiarism. Turnitin is an online software program that supports academic integrity, effective feedback, and peer review for student writing.  It also provides feedback to students on their use of source material with the world’s largest content comparison database.  It highlights original writing and proper citation.  When institutions adopt Turnitin Feedback Studio, unoriginal work decreases by 33 percent, and students are challenged to think more critically. The term of this Agreement shall be from September 10, 2023, through September 9, 2024, for a total cost of $37,775.
Funding: The cost for this item is included in the 2023-24 operating budget funded through Local Control Accountability Plan Supplemental and Concentration Funds, not the General Fund.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the Agreement with Turnitin, LLC for software licenses for Heritage High School, Liberty High School, Perris High School, Perris Lake High School, and Paloma Valley High School.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dian Martin - Director - Educational Services
Signed By:
Robert Brough - Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services
Signed By:
Sylvia Hinojosa - Director - Purchasing
Signed By:
Candace Reines - Deputy Superintendent
Signed By:
Grant Bennett - Superintendent
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member David Nelissen Moved, Member Edward Garcia, Jr. seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the Agreement with Turnitin, LLC for software licenses for Heritage High School, Liberty High School, Perris High School, Perris Lake High School, and Paloma Valley High School.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 5 - 0
   
Steve Campos     Yes
Anthony T. Stafford, Sr.     Yes
Edward Garcia, Jr.     Yes
David Nelissen     Yes
Elizabeth Vallejo     Yes