256D.8  School improvement technology block grant expenditures.

1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, a school district shall expend funds received pursuant to section 256D.5, subsection 2, for the acquisition, lease, lease-purchase, installation, and maintenance of instructional technology equipment, including hardware and software, materials and supplies related to instructional technology, and staff development and training related to instructional technology, and shall establish priorities for the use of the funds. However, funds received by a school district pursuant to section 256D.5, subsection 2, shall not be expended to add a full-time equivalent position or otherwise increase staffing.

2.  A school district may expend up to two-thirds of the funds received annually pursuant to section 256D.5, subsection 2, for any of the purposes described in section 256D.2, including for the employment of additional licensed instructional staff.

3.  Funds received by an area education agency pursuant to section 256D.6, subsection 2, shall be expended for the costs related to supporting school districts within the area served with technology planning and equipment, including hardware and software, materials and supplies related to instructional technology, and staff development and training related to instructional technology.

Section History: Recent form

  99 Acts, ch 18, §8

Internal References

  Referred to in §256D.6


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