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Impact & Partnership

What we hold today. What’s in preparation. How we govern it.

We build compliance and advocacy systems for populations a system can overlook — starting in K-12 special education. This page is for State agencies, federal grant reviewers, Education Service Centers, and pilot districts who need to see the work plainly.

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Reviewer-facing posture
Texas-Formed100% Woman-OwnedSBA WOSB & EDWOSB CertifiedGovernance-StructuredAudit-Ready
The stakes

The need is vast — and measurable.

7.5M
students receive special-education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) — 15% of all U.S. public-school students.
~5hrs
a week the average special-education teacher loses to paperwork.
40%
of schools cannot readily fill a special-education vacancy.
~8M
IDEA-served students — rising roughly 3% a year as demand keeps climbing.

Sources: U.S. Dept. of Education — NCES, Condition of Education 2023; SPeNSE Paperwork Substudy. Advocacy Institute analysis of OSEP data, 2024. Figures describe the sector, not Softvorx outcomes.

Theory of change

Compliance is the floor, not the goal.

The problem → why it persists → our governed approach → the outcome reviewers can score.

  • 01Special educators are trained to advocate — yet documentation and compliance consume hours that belong to students.
  • 02Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals too often lack measurable baselines, the exact rigor IDEA §614(d) requires — so progress can’t be proven and compliance is fragile.
  • 03Our approach: a governed-agent workflow where AI accelerates the paperwork and a human holds every decision gate; every goal carries a numeric baseline; every action leaves a tamper-evident, append-only audit trail.
  • 04The outcome: tighter compliance, educators with time for advocacy, and students with measurable, achievable goals.
Our first pilot

We’re choosing a first district partner — and naming the metrics up front.

Softvorx has not yet run a classroom pilot, and we won’t publish numbers we don’t have. Instead we commit, in advance, to the outcomes a single-classroom pilot will measure — and we’ll publish consented, de-identified results here as they’re verified.

01
Goals with a real baseline
Share of annual IEP goals authored with a numeric baseline (target 100%) vs. the documented pre-pilot rate.
02
Educator minutes returned
Paperwork minutes per IEP cycle, before vs. during the pilot — the hours we aim to hand back.
03
Audit completeness
Share of record actions captured in the tamper-evident, exportable audit trail (target 100%).
Become our first pilot district

Pilots are consented and run under district direction; results are published only with partner approval and with student data de-identified.

Governance & data flow

We can show you exactly what AI touches.

Identifiable student data stays in the school’s systems; only de-identified goal-progress metrics reach AI; every output returns to an educator before use.

  1. Stays in the district

    Identifiable student data remains inside the school’s own systems.

  2. De-identified to AI

    Only de-identified goal-progress metrics ever reach AI — never identifiable student data.

  3. Educator-gated

    Every AI output returns to an educator for review before any use.

TimestampUser roleHashed student IDAction
2026-05-29 09:14Case Managerstu_7f3a…e1b9Goal updated · baseline 62→64 wpm
2026-05-29 09:15Teacherstu_9c1d…a402Behavior log created
2026-05-28 14:02Directorstu_7f3a…e1b9Record viewed
2026-05-28 13:50Systemstu_4b8e…77c1Family digest shared

Redacted, synthetic sample. Every action on a real student record is logged with timestamp, role, and action type — and is exportable for any compliance review.

Trust & compliance signals

We name the difference plainly.

What we can prove today, and what is in preparation with a visible timeline. We never claim a certification before it is issued.

Held today

FERPA-aligned designStudent data processed strictly under school direction and control (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act).
IDEA-aligned IEP workflowNo annual goal saves without a numeric baseline and progress metric.
Tamper-evident audit logEvery create / access / change / share is append-only, logged, and exportable.
AI never touches identifiable student dataAI works only on de-identified data; human-gated at every step.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (RMF) alignmentGovern · Map · Measure · Manage. See the control mapping →
100% woman-owned, Texas-formedSole CEO authority; independently verifiable at the Texas Comptroller.
SBA WOSB & EDWOSB certifiedCertified August 17, 2026 (renewal August 2029); eligible to compete for WOSB and EDWOSB set-aside contracts. Verify on SBA →

In preparation

TX-RAMP Level 1Texas Risk and Authorization Management Program: controls being aligned to requirements; formal assessment planned.planned
SOC 2 Type IIThird-party assessment planned.planned
VPAT · Section 508 · WCAG 2.1 AAAccessibility audit planned (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, Section 508, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA).planned
WBENC certificationUnder review — submitted August 17, 2026; expected November 2026. Not claimed until issued.planned
ESSA evidenceEvery Student Succeeds Act evidence tiers: Tier 4 rationale today; building toward Tier 2–3 with a research partner.planned
Compliance roadmap

A deliberate path to procurement readiness.

Documented at each step, accountable at each gate.

  • 01SBA WOSB & EDWOSB certification — complete, August 17, 2026
  • 02VPAT and accessibility audit
  • 03TX-RAMP Level 1 alignment
  • 04SOC 2 Type II third-party assessment
  • 05District / ESC pilots with consented, published outcomes
  • 06Independent evidence study (toward ESSA Tier 2–3)
  • 07WBENC certification — under review, expected November 2026
Who we serve & funding alignment

We know which programs fund this — and where we stand on each.

Eligibility and target opportunities, not awards. Softvorx holds no grant or contract today; federal programs remain subject to annual appropriations and availability.

State of Texas

ProgramAgencyEligibility / status
DIR Cooperative ContractTexas DIRThe statewide vehicle to sell to any Texas district or agency — pursued as TX-RAMP alignment advances.
Special-education funding under HB2 / SB 568Texas Education AgencyMeasurable-goal enforcement + audit trail help districts spend the new service-intensity allotment correctly.
ESC Related-Services CooperativeTexas ESC RegionsRegional RFP vetting for special-education vendors — a faster entry than statewide, pursued alongside pilots.
State & Local Cybersecurity GrantTexas via eGrants / DIRFits the planned AI-literacy & security-readiness initiative for community organizations, as an enabling partner.

Federal

ProgramAgencyEligibility / status
ED / IES Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Phase IU.S. Dept. of EducationOpen to for-profit small businesses; rewards teacher-burden reduction and educator co-design — our exact narrative.
IDEA Discretionary — Technology & MediaU.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Funds accessible educational technology for special education; rewards IDEA alignment and accessibility-first design.
SBA WOSB Federal Contract ProgramU.S. Small Business AdministrationCertified WOSB and EDWOSB since August 17, 2026 — eligible to compete for WOSB and EDWOSB set-aside contracts.
HRSA / AHRQ (healthcare — future track)U.S. HHSFor the future senior-care & patient-advocacy vertical — partnership-dependent, 12–24 months out.
Research & future directions

Same discipline, wider populations.

Special education taught us how systems fail people without a full voice. Senior care and patient advocacy are next — the same governed, auditable, privacy-first discipline applied to wider populations. These are research and development directions, not yet available products.

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Reviewing a proposal, running a cooperative, or exploring a pilot?

We’ll share our full compliance statement, governance documentation, and a working demo. Softvorx Inc. · Grand Prairie, TX.

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