Tyler Technologies Provides Total Education Solution to Fort Worth, Texas Schools

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Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:03am EDT

DALLAS--(Business Wire)--
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) announced today that it has
signed a new contract with the Fort Worth Independent School District
(ISD) in Texas to provide Tyler's Education Management Solution
(TEMS), along with a Student Assessment Analysis System from Tyler's
partner, SchoolCity Inc. Additionally, a contract signed between Tyler
and the District last fall for Tyler's MUNIS financial management
solution has been expanded to include Tyler's VersaTrans
transportation management solution. In total, the new agreement and
the amendment are valued at more than $4.7 million.

   These latest agreements between Tyler and the Fort Worth ISD will
allow the District to leverage the full power of Tyler's school
solutions by using Education Management and VersaTrans transportation
management, along with MUNIS financial management. The agreements
provide the District with a total education software solution from a
single provider.

   John S. Marr, Jr., president and CEO of Tyler Technologies,
believes the Fort Worth ISD recognizes the value of investing with a
single vendor. "Tyler Technologies has a growing presence in the
education market--a fact that is evident from the Fort Worth ISD's
decision to invest in our broad range of products. There's great value
in Tyler's commitment to serving the educational sector--something
that will fully benefit Fort Worth, which is among the largest school
districts in the nation. The District can expect to increase its
efficiency, accessibility and responsiveness to its constituents as a
result of implementing Tyler's education solutions. We're pleased to
have been selected and look forward to building upon our existing
partnership," he stated.

   In addition to software licenses, the contract for Tyler's
Education Management solution, which is compliant with the No Child
Left Behind Act and the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF),
includes maintenance, support and related professional services.
Tyler's Education Management solution is a fully integrated, Web-based
system built on the Microsoft .NET platform. From its Attendance and
Grade Book applications to Scheduling and Testing & Assessment, the
solution creates a highly effective system through which school
districts can manage essential data. The Fort Worth ISD will implement
Tyler's student information system to enhance tracking and reporting,
as well as meeting educational mandates.

   The expanded agreement for Tyler's VersaTrans transportation
management solution includes support and professional services. Under
the amendment, the Fort Worth ISD has chosen to invest in Tyler's
TripTracker product, a Web-based school field trip management and
planning software. The solution will enable the District to manage all
aspects of the field trip process from the initial request through
invoicing. It features automated driver selection and user-defined
approval process and is designed to make the planning process more
efficient.

   Debra Ware, general manager of the Fort Worth ISD's Enterprise
Resource Planning Department, is confident in Tyler's ability to
satisfy the District's requirements and to enable it to meet Texas
educational reporting mandates. "When it came to purchasing Tyler's
Education Management solution, Tyler demonstrated a willingness to be
flexible and to work with us. Tyler's readiness to listen to how the
product needed to be configured to accommodate the specific needs of
the Fort Worth ISD and to meet our reporting requirements made all the
difference."

   Ware also pointed out that Tyler's responsiveness was another key
factor in the Fort Worth ISD's decision to invest in Tyler's
solutions. "Following our first round of vendor demonstrations, we
pointed out the areas where we wished to see modifications to
accommodate our needs. At the second round of demos, Tyler had
addressed everything we had specified. No other vendor did this. We
felt Tyler not only listened to what we had to say, but also responded
to our needs. It's been the same with all our dealings with Tyler for
the solutions we've purchased."

   The Fort Worth ISD educates approximately 80,000 students from
grades pre-K through 12, making it the 36th largest school district in
the nation by student population. The District has more than 10,000
employees and an operating budget of $566.7 million. With a population
of over 624,000, Fort Worth is the fifth largest city in Texas and the
19th largest in the United States.

   Based in Dallas, Tyler Technologies is a leading provider of
end-to-end information management solutions and services for local
governments. Tyler partners with clients to make local government more
accessible to the public, more responsive to needs of citizens, and
more efficient. Tyler's client base includes more than 7,000 local
government offices throughout all 50 states, Canada, Puerto Rico and
the United Kingdom. Tyler has been named one of "America's 200 Best
Small Companies" by Forbes Magazine and one of "America's 100 Most
Trustworthy Companies" by Audit Integrity, an independent research
firm. More information about Tyler Technologies can be found at
www.tylertech.com.

   Tyler Technologies, Inc. has included in this press release
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 concerning its business and
operations. Tyler Technologies expressly disclaims any obligation to
release publicly any updates or revisions to these forward-looking
statements to reflect any change in its expectations. These
expectations and the related statements are inherently subject to
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the
forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties which
forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited
to, changes in competition, changes in general economic conditions,
changes in the budgets and regulatory environments of the Company's
customers, risks associated with the development of new products and
the enhancement of existing products, the ability to attract and
retain qualified personnel, and other risks detailed from time to time
in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Brian K. Miller, 972-713-3720
Executive Vice President - CFO
brian.miller@tylertech.com

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