Network software connects microcomputers to a file server and allows them to access the programs it stores. Examples of network software are Novell's Netware, CBIS, I-Class, Digicard, and Optinet . Network software is non-instructional software and should be given object code 480. Site licenses extend the use of a software package to multiple sites throughout the school and can also be given object code 480. Whole-school versions are equivalent to site licenses.
Site licenses extend the use of a software package to multiple sites throughout the school.
Because site licenses are not instructional materials, they should be classified in object code 480. That takes them out of the categories of expenditures that are eligible for Common School Fund money. 435 Computer Software is appropriate for this expenditure. However, only the cost of subscribing to the database or reference tool for the library media center can be included. Extending the use of the tool to the entire school constitutes a site license.