EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY NEWS

From the New Hampshire Department of Education

Office of Educational Technology

November 28, 2005

SPECIAL ISSUE

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Adobe Education CLP Pricing

Available to New Hampshire K-12 Schools

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 http://www.adobe.com/education/k12/main.html

To all New Hampshire K-12 Schools:

We are pleased to inform you of an opportunity for price savings on software purchases for your schools. On November 21, 2005, Commissioner Lyonel Tracy signed an education agreement between the New Hampshire Department of Education and Adobe Systems to provide Adobe software pricing for all approved K12 schools in the state (public, charter, and private) at the lowest Adobe Education Contractual License Program (CLP) prices. In the past, only the largest school districts in the state were able to meet the minimum orders to obtain this best CLP pricing for their software purchases, while districts with smaller purchases had to use the Transactional License Program (TLP) and single unit education licensing prices.

This two-year agreement runs through November 30th, 2007 and offers great potential savings for all New Hampshire K12 schools/districts. New Hampshire software reseller GovConnection based in Merrimack, NH and Sanborn Regional School District in Kingston, NH helped to bring this opportunity to a statewide level for all of the K12 schools by making the opening purchase at CLP pricing levels.
 
What does this mean for your school/district?

·         This is a voluntary program open to all New Hampshire K12 schools, providing the opportunity for schools to purchase any education software title in any quantity at the Adobe CLP 4.0 - Level 3 price lists. This list is the best Adobe pricing offered in education. For example, before the Adobe NH K12 CLP was signed, a single license of Acrobat 7 Professional was $159 SRP. Now, under the Adobe NH K12 CLP, the price for a single license of Acrobat 7 Professional is only $40 SRP.

·         There are no minimum quantity requirements to be met in order to take advantage of the new Adobe pricing.

·         Purchases can be for faculty/staff machines, school labs, student laptop programs, or for administrative office computers.

·         When buying software, schools/districts will order the number of licenses needed, plus one set of media (Windows and/or Macintosh) needed to install their licenses. Documentation (user guides) are available as an optional purchase. An Upgrade Plan (also called Maintenance or "upgrade insurance") is another option available under the Adobe CLP.

·         You will place your orders directly with your chosen reseller, using the New Hampshire Department of Education CLP contract number listed below. Your reseller will have access to the proper pricing for CLP 4.0 – Level 3.

·         The NHDOE does NOT purchase the software for schools - it is simply providing the mechanism for the lowest Adobe pricing to be offered to you.

·         Schools are still bound to all standard licensing agreements, such as ensuring that proper copyright protections are followed.

Where can you place your software orders?

As an Affiliate Member under this New Hampshire agreement, your school/district can obtain a current Adobe NH K12 CLP price list and order licenses directly from New Hampshire-based GovConnection at 1-800-800-0019 (referencing Adobe CLP #4400033455) or you can place an order with any Adobe authorized education CLP reseller.

Talk to the Adobe Education representatives.

·         For those of you attending the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference this week in Nashua, you can stop by the GovConnection booth to speak with the Adobe Education and GovConnection regional representatives who handle New Hampshire K12 accounts.

·         Please pass this information on to your district purchasing offices, technology managers, superintendents, and principals.

Regards,

Cathy Higgins

NCLB Title II-D Program Coordinator

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About ET News

ET News is sent from the Office of Educational Technology at the New Hampshire Department of Education. ET News serves as a primary e-mail communication tool about technology matters pertinent to NH educators. Current and previous issues are posted on the web at www.nheon.org/oet/etnews and include information about:

·         NHDOE technology surveys and technology planning

·         Federal technology funding and E-rate discounts

·         Research studies, curriculum information, and professional development related to technology implementation

Requests from service providers to disseminate information about their technology products and services using the electronic newsletter ET News can no longer be accommodated due to workload priorities in OET. Providers are referred to the Reports and Statistics section of the NHDOE website, where several data reports are available in various formats, including School and SAU Information with names, phone numbers, and addresses, Student Dropout Data, and more. Go to the Reports and Statistics area of the NHDOE website at: www.ed.state.nh.us