Ontario. School Board Information Technology Branch

• School Board Information Technology Branch

The School Board Information Technology Branch of the Ministry of Education was created in 1992, and it replaced the School Board Services Unit.

The School Board Information Technology Branch was part of the Administration Division (renamed Finance and Administration Division later in 1992). The School Board Information Technology Branch was comprised of the following sections: Human Resources Products, Marketing and Planning, School Products, Board Products, Integrated Payroll Products, Board Administration Projects, Technical Products, SSBU VMS Products Group, ECNO VMS Products Group, and Oracle Products Group.

In February 1993, the School Board Information Technology Branch became part of the new Ministry of Education and Training. Later in 1993, the School Board Information Technology Branch was transferred to the new Organization Development and Services Division and then re-organized into the following sections: Marketing and Planning Program, Elementary School Products Group, Secondary School Products Group, Technical Products Group, Student Futures Products Program, Future Schools Products Group, Board Student Products Group, Information Resource Management Group, Board and Quality Products Program, Integrated Payroll Personnel Products, Board Administrative Products Group, and Quality Assurance Group.

In 1994, the Elementary School Products, Secondary School Products, Technical Products, and Future Schools Products Groups were replaced by the School and Technical Products Program Section and the School Products Group; two new Groups were also added, Network Products and Trillium Products.

The School Board Information Technology Branch ceased to exist in 1996, when a new non-profit corporation, ECNO Corp., was created to manage ECNO. A portion of this office appears to have continued to exist into 1997 to oversee the transition process.

The School Board Information Technology Branch of Ontario's Ministry of Education serviced members of the Educational Computing Network of Ontario (ECNO), which is a co-operative of school boards that share administrative application software, application support and technical support. The systems marketed, developed, maintained and supported by ECNO deal with student administration for elementary and secondary schools, special education, payroll/personnel, financial management, assessment management, student transportation planning and management, enrolment projection, grants calculation and audio/visual booking.

The School Board Information Technology Branch was also responsible for distributing and supporting the Oracle Data Base Management System and operating a data communication network which connected most Ontario school boards with the Ministry of Education and Training for educational and administrative purposes.

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