The external investigation found that the $2,350,000 software payment made on July 30, 2014, and the $600,000 and $700,000 payments made in December 2014 were improper because the software had not been delivered. Also, two $200,000 maintenance payments made in July of 2013 and 2014 for new software were improper because the new software had, in large part, not been delivered, and there was little, if anything, to maintain, the report concludes.
A $280,000 partial maintenance payment on April 29, 2015 was also deemed improper because it was an advance that was not authorized by the School Board for software which had not been delivered. The report found that “..though it is not perfectly clear, there is no evidence to support this being a maintenance payment for the “green screen” software. Therefore, it was most likely a maintenance payment for the new software, which had largely not been delivered.” The advance payment was made just before EDR was acquired by another company, Harris School Solutions, in June.
During a Brevard County School workshop on June 23, 2015, Brevard Public Schools Finance Director, Judy Preston, along with outgoing Superintendent, Brian Bingelli, informed the School Board that the only portion of the contract that was working were electronic contracts, which were actually completed a year ago, according to their update to the School Board in June 2014.