Specifications include, but are not limited to: provide a software as a service (SaaS) solution for the Texas Student Data System (TSDS) Operational Data Store (ODS) that utilizes the Ed-Fi ODS/APIs as the primary data collection and storage mechanism for TSDS and will keep pace with the published Ed-Fi upgrades. The SaaS solution must create a sustainable way to manage data standard changes, extensions that emerge from legislative mandates and agency policy, and Ed-Fi version releases. The SaaS solution will serve as the primary collection mechanism for accountability data from K-12 local education agencies (LEAs) and Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs). The SaaS solution must include data validation capability that includes the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) validations and easily accommodate new business rules for TEA required data collections.