Roundtable: Select the Right HR & Finance System for K-12 Education

K-12 HR and finance systems sit at the core of district operations, yet they are among the most difficult and risky platforms to modernize. Compliance obligations are nonnegotiable, workforce costs dominate budgets, and integration expectations with payroll, SIS, and reporting systems continue to rise. At the same time, districts are navigating legacy platforms that are decades old, fragmented vendor landscapes, and high switching costs that make missteps costly and highly visible.

This roundtable brings together K-12 CIOs and senior technology leaders to discuss how peers are approaching HR and finance system selection as a defensible, readiness‑aware decision, not a feature‑matching exercise or a rushed procurement. We’ll explore how districts are framing requirements around operational reality, accounting standards, collective agreements, and long‑term support capacity before engaging the market.