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San Antonio, Texas and Gibbstown, N.J. - June 30, 2008 - (NECC 2008, booth #0930) - OnCourse Systems for Education, a provider of award-winning, web-based tools that streamline and automate educational processes for public and private school districts, announced today it will implement its Student Information System (SIS) for seven New Jersey school districts.The 100 percent online solution will assist these school districts in improving the productivity and quality of record keeping for teachers and administrators.

"Each state has specific regulations it must address and New Jersey school districts are now challenged with following the strict reporting requirements of NJSMART," explained Georgia Gallicchio, chief marketing officer at OnCourse Systems. "Our SIS solution has been designed to address NJSMART requirements, providing users with the ability to instantly generate state-required reports that traditionally have been extremely time-consuming for teachers and administrators to compile.We pre-populate and maintain all state reporting codes and changes for our customers, dramatically reducing their set up and maintenance time."

The new school districts that are implementing OnCourse SIS include:

• Avalon Independent School District
• Brookfield Schools
• Elk Township School District
• Lawrence Township Public Schools
• Pohatcong School District
• Salem City School District
• Wenonah School District

The OnCourse SIS is an Internet-based suite of robust, mission-critical applications that automate and streamline the complex record keeping, reporting and operational processes facing school districts today.As a hosted solution, OnCourse provides and manages all of the hardware and software necessary to run the solution, enabling users to access the SIS via the Internet and eliminating many of the costs associated with deploying new technology solutions, such as hardware and software maintenance, upgrade, PC deployment, backup and recovery costs.

The OnCourse SIS offers an easy-to-use interface and is tightly integrated with the company's other solutions, including its Lesson Planner, Grade Book, Student Stats and Discipline System.OnCourse SIS also features a complete attendance application, student enrollment module and comprehensive health and medical module.With its robust engine powered by Oracleâ„¢ and Crystal Reportsâ„¢, users have up-to-date and easy access to records and reports including NJSMART Extract (Enrollment and Special Ed), Application for State School Aid (ASSA) Fall Enrollment Reporting, Monthly Attendance Registers and District Report of Transported Resident Students (DRTRS) Summary Report.

About OnCourse Systems for Education

OnCourse Systems for Education is a full-service provider of web-based tools that streamline and automate educational processes for teachers and administrators in public and private school districts.Its flagship product, OnCourse Lesson Planner, is a web-based tool that automates the creation, management and sharing of lesson plans with more than 100,000 users nationwide.In 2007, Lesson Planner received the Association of Educational Publishers' Distinguished Achievement Award and ComputED's Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES).OnCourse also offers other web-based solutions including its Student Information System (SIS), OnCourse Grade Book, OnCourse Student Stats and OnCourse Discipline System.Founded in 2002, OnCourse is headquartered in Gibbstown, N.J.For more information on OnCourse Systems, visit www.oncoursesystems.com.

 

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