295.4  School improvement technology expenditures.

1.  School districts, as defined in section 295.2, subsection 8, shall expend funds received pursuant to section 295.2 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 295.2 shall not be expended to add a full-time equivalent position or otherwise increase staffing, unless the school district expends not more than ten percent of the funds received to employ or enter into a contract with information technology specialists to provide technical consulting and integration of technology in curriculum and instruction to advance student achievement.

2.  Funds received by an area education agency pursuant to section 295.2 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, employment of or contracting with information technology specialists to provide technical consulting and integration of technology in curriculum and instruction, and staff development and training related to instructional technology.

Section History: Recent form

  96 Acts, ch 1086, §4; 2000 Acts, ch 1075, §2


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