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, 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. 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 the lease or lease-purchase agreements for those items, 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. A consortium of area education agencies may cooperatively engage in any of the activities allowed by this section.
99 Acts, ch 18, §8; 2000 Acts, ch 1075, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §22
Referred to in §256D.6
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