New States SIG - 2023-09-20

Participants

First Name	Last Name	Organization
Christine	Armstrong	Kansas State Department of Education
Drew	Bennett	Vermont Education Agency
Kathleen	Browning	Ed-Fi Alliance
Cassidy	Canzani	Vermont Education Agency
Julie	Cook	Kansas State Department of Education
Tracey	Delphia	Vermont Education Agency
Nate	Gandomi	Ed-Fi Alliance
Brian	Hosey	Kansas State Department of Education
David	Kelley	Vermont Education Agency
James	Nadeau	Vermont Education Agency
Jennifer	Shaffer	Kansas State Department of Education

Support: Ann Su, Ed-Fi Alliance

Meeting Recording LINK

Introductions
Summit attendance
- Reminder regarding SWG meeting on Monday, 10/23, 1-3pm
  - Kansas - in-state conference that week, won’t be able to attend.
  - Vermont - not aware of anyone attending.
Updates
- Plan for next 3 months on your roadmap
  - Vermont
    - Vendors connecting to sandboxes.
    - Vendors don’t have good synching solutions
      - EA is working on the same problem for other states
      - PowerSchool leading the charge
      - KB - suggest having a backup plan
    - Finalizing mapping
    - Collect 2023 data to compare with legacy system, wrap up by early winter, start collecting real time data for 2024
    - Sticking to Core, only extend some descriptors
    - KB - reviewing state mapping to see consistency across states
      - We may ask for your mapping document to see if you are using a field differently, and if we need to expand our data standards
  - Kansas
    - Sandbox up and going, getting vendors in for the next 2 months
    - Bring in our pilot districts next