Tarrant County College trustees are set to vote Thursday on a package of software contracts that would replace the system the college has used to run registration, financial aid, payroll and accounting, the first major step in a rollout that would not reach students' class sign-ups until 2030.
The five contracts on the Nov. 19 agenda carry combined ceilings of nearly $57 million. The largest is an agreement of up to $30.09 million with Ellucian Company LLC for its cloud-based Banner software, with a four-year initial term and two optional three-year renewals. A six-year agreement of up to $18.8 million would hire Strata Information Group to lead the implementation.
The rest of the package covers a five-year JAGGAER purchasing software subscription worth up to $6.86 million including one renewal, up to $535,457 for Groves & Company to set that system up, and up to $684,444 for Ellucian to install add-on tools, according to the college's meeting notice.
A long rollout
The Fort Worth Report, which covered a trustee briefing on the project, reported that Banner would replace Colleague, the college's current core system, which a 2025 college report said is used alongside more than 50 other software tools. The college calls the effort MyTCC Experience.
According to the Report, the work would start with accounting and budgeting, move to employee records and payroll, and end with student services. Marcus Kerr, the project's executive program director, told trustees registration on Banner is aimed at fall 2030 and the full rollout at the end of 2032, the Report said.
Kerr told trustees, "We have to make these changes while keeping the college running," according to the Report.
The Report put the full plan's estimated cost through fiscal 2036 at $104.7 million, paid from an $88 million fund trustees set aside in 2022, of which about $72 million remains. Chief Financial Officer Pamela Anglin proposed adding money to that fund each year for three or four years, the Report said.
