ยง 753. Instructional computer hardware and technology equipment
apportionment. 1. In addition to any other apportionment under this
chapter, a school district shall be eligible for an apportionment under
the provisions of this section for approved expenses for (i) the
purchase or lease of micro and/or mini computer equipment or terminals
for instructional purposes or (ii) technology equipment, as defined in
paragraph c of subdivision two of this section, used for instructional
purposes, or (iii) for the repair of such equipment and training and
staff development for instructional purposes as provided hereinafter, or
(iv) for expenses incurred on or after July first, two thousand eleven,
any items of expenditure that are eligible for an apportionment pursuant
to sections seven hundred one, seven hundred eleven and/or seven hundred
fifty-one of this title, where such items are designated by the school
district as eligible for aid pursuant to this section, provided,
however, that if aided pursuant to this section, such expenses shall not
be aidable pursuant to any other section of law. Such aid shall be
provided pursuant to a plan developed by the district which demonstrates
to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the instructional computer
hardware needs of the district's public school students have been
adequately met and that the school district has provided for the loan of
instructional computer hardware to students legally attending nonpublic
schools pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-four of this article.
The apportionment shall equal the lesser of such approved expense in the
base year or, the product of (i) the technology factor, (ii) the sum of
the public school district enrollment and the nonpublic school
enrollment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of
paragraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this
chapter, and (iii) the building aid ratio, as defined in subdivision
four of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter. For aid payable
in the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and
thereafter, the technology factor shall be twenty-four dollars and
twenty cents. A school district may use up to twenty percent of the
product of (i) the technology factor, (ii) the sum of the public school
district enrollment and the nonpublic school enrollment in the base year
as defined in subparagraphs two and three of paragraph n of subdivision
one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter, and (iii) the
building aid ratio for the repair of instructional computer hardware and
technology equipment and training and staff development for
instructional purposes pursuant to a plan submitted to the commissioner.
2. As used in this article:
a. "Current year" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined
in subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter;
b. "Base year" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in
subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this article; and
c. "Technology equipment", for the purposes of this article, shall
mean equipment with a useful life used in conjunction with or in support
of educational programs including but not limited to video, solar
energy, robotic, satellite, laser and such other equipment as the
commissioner shall approve provided that expenses for the purchase or
lease of such equipment shall not be eligible for aid under any other
provisions of this chapter.
3. No school district shall be required to purchase or otherwise
acquire instructional computer hardware or technology equipment, the
cost of which exceeds the amount of state aid provided pursuant to this
section.
4. The apportionment provided for in this section shall be paid at
such times as may be determined by the commissioner and approved by the
director of the budget, during the school year in which the expenditures
are reported to the department prior to such apportionment, but not
earlier than the school year after the school year in which expenses are
incurred.
5. Expenses aided pursuant to this section shall not be eligible for
aid pursuant to any other provision of this chapter.