§ 753 — Instructional computer hardware and technology equipment apportionment

§ 753. Instructional computer hardware and technology equipment\napportionment. 1. In addition to any other apportionment under this\nchapter, a school district shall be eligible for an apportionment under\nthe provisions of this section for approved expenses for (i) the\npurchase or lease of micro and/or mini computer equipment or terminals\nfor instructional purposes or (ii) technology equipment, as defined in\nparagraph c of subdivision two of this section, used for instructional\npurposes, or (iii) for the repair of such equipment and training and\nstaff development for instructional purposes as provided hereinafter, or\n(iv) for expenses incurred on or after July first, two thousand eleven,\nany items of expenditure that are eligible for an apportionment pursuant\nto sections seven hundred one, seven hundred eleven and/or seven hundred\nfifty-one of this title, where such items are designated by the school\ndistrict as eligible for aid pursuant to this section, provided,\nhowever, that if aided pursuant to this section, such expenses shall not\nbe aidable pursuant to any other section of law. Such aid shall be\nprovided pursuant to a plan developed by the district which demonstrates\nto the satisfaction of the commissioner that the instructional computer\nhardware needs of the district's public school students have been\nadequately met and that the school district has provided for the loan of\ninstructional computer hardware to students legally attending nonpublic\nschools pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-four of this article.\nThe apportionment shall equal the lesser of such approved expense in the\nbase year or, the product of (i) the technology factor, (ii) the sum of\nthe public school district enrollment and the nonpublic school\nenrollment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of\nparagraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this\nchapter, and (iii) the building aid ratio, as defined in subdivision\nfour of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter. For aid payable\nin the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and\nthereafter, the technology factor shall be twenty-four dollars and\ntwenty cents. A school district may use up to twenty percent of the\nproduct of (i) the technology factor, (ii) the sum of the public school\ndistrict enrollment and the nonpublic school enrollment in the base year\nas defined in subparagraphs two and three of paragraph n of subdivision\none of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter, and (iii) the\nbuilding aid ratio for the repair of instructional computer hardware and\ntechnology equipment and training and staff development for\ninstructional purposes pursuant to a plan submitted to the commissioner.\n 2. As used in this article:\n a. "Current year" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined\nin subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter;\n b. "Base year" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in\nsubdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this article; and\n c. "Technology equipment", for the purposes of this article, shall\nmean equipment with a useful life used in conjunction with or in support\nof educational programs including but not limited to video, solar\nenergy, robotic, satellite, laser and such other equipment as the\ncommissioner shall approve provided that expenses for the purchase or\nlease of such equipment shall not be eligible for aid under any other\nprovisions of this chapter.\n 3. No school district shall be required to purchase or otherwise\nacquire instructional computer hardware or technology equipment, the\ncost of which exceeds the amount of state aid provided pursuant to this\nsection.\n 4. The apportionment provided for in this section shall be paid at\nsuch times as may be determined by the commissioner and approved by the\ndirector of the budget, during the school year in which the expenditures\nare reported to the department prior to such apportionment, but not\nearlier than the school year after the school year in which expenses are\nincurred.\n 5. Expenses aided pursuant to this section shall not be eligible for\naid pursuant to any other provision of this chapter.\n