CTE supplies, dyslexia screeners, supplemental personalized learning. A Texas district is looking for career and technical education supplies, while a Wyoming school system seeks a K-2 dyslexia screener. In addition, a district in West Virginia is in the market for supplemental personalized learning software.
Active/upcoming solicitations for goods/services
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, Texas
Focus: Career & technical education supplies, software
Students: 23,300
Deadline: Jan. 7, 2027
The plan: Goose Creek CISD in Texas is in the market for career and technical education equipment, supplies, and related services. The request for proposals includes software, supplies, and occupation-specific items across multiple “career clusters,” including agriculture, health science, architecture, hospitality, business, energy, manufacturing, and engineering. Among the long list of materials needed are aerospace engineering software; business, marketing, and finance instructional materials; media production equipment; and construction tools. Vendors should be prepared to provide the items on an as-needed basis, according to the report. The contract is set for one year, with the option to renew for four additional years, the RFP states. Email Senior Buyer Heather Patt at heather.patt@gccisd.net with any questions.
Laramie County School District 1, Wyo.
Focus: K-2 dyslexia screener
Students: 12,600
Deadline: Nov. 10, 2026
The plan: Laramie County School District 1 in Wyoming is seeking a dyslexia screener for grades K-2. The screener will be administered universally across the more than 2,400 students in those grades, according to the request for proposals. The district is looking for an option intended to identify students who may demonstrate characteristics associated with dyslexia or developmental language disorder that is brief, valid, reliable, and standardized. The system must address both word recognition and oral language comprehension risk, the district said in its RFP. The goal is to use the results to help inform instructional decision-making and progress monitoring, the district said, and not to diagnosis students or determine their eligibility for special education services, according to the district. The contract is set to begin at the end of June 2028. Email Senior Buyer Jodi Rudell at jodi.rudell@laramie1.org with any questions.
Cabell County Schools, W.V.
Focus: Supplemental personalized learning
Students: 11,200
Deadline: Oct. 23, 2026
The plan: Cabell County Schools in West Virginia is looking for supplemental personalized learning software for grades 6-8. Specifically, the district is looking for supplemental support for mathematics, English language arts, and science instruction, according to the request for proposals. The software should help the district provide standards-aligned, targeted intervention and enrichment based on existing student assessment data, the RFP states, as well as real-time progress monitoring. Email Cullen Mears at cullen.mears@k12.wv.us with any questions.
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Emma Kate Fittes is a staff writer for EdWeek Market Brief covering the K-12 marketplace, including trends in curriculum, instruction, professional development, school finance, and district purchasing. Her beat focuses on the implications of K-12 policy and practice for education companies. She has covered K-12 for more than a decade, including statewide education issues and policy for Chalkbeat Indiana and suburban districts for the Indianapolis Star.
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