FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2012 file photo, vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis, right, greets Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at a welcome home rally in Waukesha, Wis. Wisconsin Republicans, who seem to have it all, are now focusing on the crown jewel: delivering Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes for Romney. It won’t be easy. Barack Obama cruised to victory by 14 points four years ago, and maintains a slight lead over Romney in polls. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2012 file photo, vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis, right, greets Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at a welcome home rally in Waukesha, Wis. Wisconsin Republicans, who seem to have it all, are now focusing on the crown jewel: delivering Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes for Romney. It won’t be easy. Barack Obama cruised to victory by 14 points four years ago, and maintains a slight lead over Romney in polls. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
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In this Sept. 7, 2012 photo, dozens of singers gather in the state Capitol rotunda for the 455th consecutive Solidarity sing along in the wake of a crackdown on protests without a permit by new Capitol Police Chief David Erwin. Most of the demonstrations against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ended a long time ago. But every weekday at noon, a few dozen people still gather inside the state Capitol and sing protest songs for an hour. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)
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In this Sept. 7, 2012 photo, Brandon Barwick of Madison joins Solidarity Sing Along participants for the 455th consecutive gathering of the protest singers inside the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison, Wis. Most of the demonstrations against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ended a long time ago. But every weekday at noon, a few dozen people still gather inside the state Capitol and sing protest songs for an hour. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers members stand outside the capitol in Lansing, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Michigan could become the 24th state with a right-to-work law next week. Rules require a five-day wait before the House and Senate vote on each other's bills; lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday and Gov.Snyder has pledged to sign the bills into law. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Dozens of union backers protest against the right-to-work bills outside Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker's Kalamazoo, Mich., office Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. People sang Christmas-themed protest songs and carried picket signs outside the office of the Republican state senator, who received a bag of coal from union-rights demonstrators protesting her vote to make Michigan a right-to-work state. (AP Photo/The Kalamazoo Gazette, Aaron Mueller) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
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Union workers fill the entire of the Capitol rotunda in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Hundreds of chanting and cheering protesters streamed back into the Michigan Capitol after receiving a court order saying that the building must reopen. The pro-union crowd walked in as lawmakers were debating right-to-work legislation limiting union powers. The Republican-led House subsequently passed the bill with no Democratic support. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Community activist Lisa Fithian, left, teaches SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Healthcare Michigan member Frank Shaft, 26, of Lansing, and other attendees how to peacefully interact with police officers on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 at UAW Local 600 union hall in Dearborn, Mich. Republican lawmakers are putting the final touches on legislation that would allow workers to opt out of union dues at a business where employees are represented by a union. Gov. Rick Snyder says he will sign it into law. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Todd McInturf) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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RETRANSMISSION FOR IMPROVED TONING--Union workers chant in the lower level of the Capitol rotunda in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Hundreds of chanting and cheering protesters streamed back into the Michigan Capitol after receiving a court order saying that the building must reopen. The pro-union crowd walked in as lawmakers were debating right-to-work legislation limiting union powers. The Republican-led House subsequently passed the bill with no Democratic support. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Union workers hold up a signs during a rally outside the Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 as Senate Republicans introduced right-to-work legislation in the waning days of the legislative session. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Wisconsin company protests losing $15M contract
MADISON, Wis. (
AP) — The Wisconsin company that lost out on a $15 million contract to run a student information system in the state's schools is protesting the awarding of the bid to Minnesota's Infinite Campus.
Skyward Inc., of Stevens Point, filed the protest with the state on Friday.
The company says the process was not fair, transparent or open. It says the contract should either be awarded to Skyward or the entire process should be voided.
Skyward says it has identified problems that inflated Infinite Campus's score and that the costs of each proposal were not properly evaluated.
The state hired an outside attorney to observe the process and she identified no problems.
A state education department spokesman says the protest will be promptly reviewed and a written decision will be issued.
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