2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 16 - Computer Technology › 753 - Instructional Computer Hardware and Technology Equipment Apportionment.

§  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.