Adult Education Management System
The Department is seeking a vendor to assist in the development of an Adult Education Management System. The Adult Education Management System is a component of the
Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS). The system will serve a wide range of stakeholders in
support of improving student achievement and providing Maine’s students with 21
st century skills. Funding for the Adult Education Management System is provided through the 2009 Statewide Longitudinal Data
Systems Recovery Act Grant.
The existing legacy adult education system was designed over ten years ago to meet the then current
needs of the Department. While the FileMaker Pro system has been updated many times it requires
individual installations in Adult Education offices around the State, provides poor security and a tedious
extract-transfer-load process to update the central State program. The State Adult Education program
staff, field program staff and federal consultants have established the core requirements for a new
syste
