Opt-In to Home Base
Districts and charter schools can opt-in and take advantage of the full suite of Home Base applications and its many new features for the 2023-24 school year starting May 16, 2023! The cost to districts and charters will remain the same as last year - $1/Allotted ADM.
The deadline for opting in is June 15, 2023.
Below are resources and additional convenience contract products for the 2023 opt-in process. If you have questions about the Home Base Opt-In process, please contact the Home Base Team.
2023-24 Home Base Opt-In Resources
Other Home Base Convenience Contracts
Other Home Base Products available through convenience contracts are Canvas, Learning.com, Transcend, and Navvy. Please use the tabs above to learn more about each of the products.
All price quotes are good for the 2023-24 school year. Prices are based on state-appropriated funding and are subject to change in subsequent years. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Home Base.
Canvas is a learning management system that provides a robust, flexible platform for curriculum content and digital tool integration.
Canvas Studio is a video engagement add-on for Canvas LMS that allows for video creation, management, and analytics. It is available for an additional $1.02 per user with a startup fee for new users.
For a quote for Canvas or Canvas Studio, please contact Kevin Killeen.
Learning.com is a tool designed to encourage student growth in computational thinking, digital citizenship and online safety, visual mapping, databases, and computer fundamentals. Learning.com is available to Tier 1 schools at no cost.
Please contact Home Base for more information.
Pearson Transcend is a computer-adaptive interim assessment add-on within Schoolnet designed to empower the learning experience by testing students only on content that has been taught. It uncovers insights into where students need help the most by measuring and tracking the student's progress. Transcend is made available to grades 3 – 8 at an additional cost of $4 per ADM.
Please contact Home Base for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions
The cost to PSUs will remain the same as last year - $1/ADM which gives you access to Schoolnet and NCEES' Local PD.
The following resources are available to PSUs that Opt-In to Home Base:
- #GoOpenNC - NC Open Education Repository
- NC Educator Effectiveness System Evaluation Component
- Note: Local PD Offices are only made available to PSUs when opting into Home Base at $1/ADM
- PowerSchool - NC Student Information System
- Schoolnet - NC Instructional Improvement System
Only district finance officers and charter school principals should request access through the online opt-in tool for their district/school. Access is requested through the Home Base Opt-in tool using your NCID credentials.
All responses must be submitted by June 15, 2023.
The running list of districts and charters that have signed up can be accessed by clicking on the button above. This list will be updated regularly during the sign-up period (ending June 15).
Once you have signed up, an invoice will be automatically generated and emailed to the finance officer for districts and principals for charters. Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction TIN# 561492826 . Please add “Home Base 2023-2024” in the memo line and mail the invoice and check to:
NC Department of Public Instruction
Cash Management and Collections
6336 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6336
Payment is due August 31, 2023, or two weeks after receiving initial allotments, whichever is later. Payments do not need to be made prior to the start of the next fiscal year (July 1, 2023).
Please contact Kevin Killeen for convenience contract pricing.
The contract for content uses the allotted ADM figure (not the projected ADM) as a basis for its costs since it is a stable number known well in advance. Your cost for the next school year will still be the allotted ADM figure even if there are more or fewer actual users of the system.