Permission Click
Digital Permission Slips and Payment Collection for K-12 Schools.
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Permission Click offers a digital platform designed for K-12 schools and districts to manage and automate forms, workflows, and payments. The company was conceptualized by a teacher frustrated with the inefficiency of paper-based permission slips and was founded in 2013 by Chris Johnson. Johnson, an active member of the Winnipeg startup community and co-founder of StartUp Winnipeg, aimed to create a solution to streamline administrative tasks for educators.
The business operates within the education technology market, serving school administrators, teachers, and parents across North America. Its primary service is to digitize manual processes, thereby increasing efficiency, transparency, and policy compliance for school districts. The platform manages a wide array of processes, including field trip permission slips, student registration, athletic forms, and technology use agreements. Revenue is generated through a tiered subscription model, with a free basic version and premium editions like the "District Edition" that offer more advanced features such as integration with Student Information Systems (SIS), multi-school management, and automated approval workflows.
The product is a cloud-based, multi-functional platform hosted on Microsoft Azure, ensuring security and availability. Key features include a drag-and-drop form builder, online payment collection for school fees, and customizable dashboards for tracking activities and ensuring policy adherence. Parents can receive, approve, and pay for school-related items on any device without needing to download a separate application. A significant milestone for the company was its acquisition by Intrado Corporation in January 2022, which integrated Permission Click into its SchoolMessenger communications suite. Subsequently, Permission Click, as part of SchoolMessenger, became part of the PowerSchool portfolio.
Keywords: digital forms, K-12 education, school administration software, workflow automation, online payments for schools, parent communication, student information systems, compliance management, digital permission slips, education technology, SchoolMessenger, PowerSchool, edtech, school process automation, risk management for schools, policy compliance, student data management, online registration, fee collection, Chris Johnson