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Brentwood technology presentation cites $747,000 FCC cybersecurity award, BOCES aid gains and staffing requests
Summary
Candace Chang presented the district's information-technology budget on Jan. 23, describing shifts of software and laptop purchases to BOCES that increased projected aid, a $747,000 FCC cybersecurity pilot award, planned firewall and security upgrades, and requests for additional technicians and administrative support to sustain a growing 1:1
Candace Chang, a staff member who presented the Information Technology budget for 2025–26, told the Brentwood Union Free School District Board of Education on Jan. 23 that the district has pursued a multi-year strategy to shift software and hardware purchases to BOCES to increase aid, and that the technology unit recently received $747,000 in FCC pilot funding for cybersecurity.
Chang said the district shifted software agreements to BOCES beginning in 2022 and estimated that the realignment boosted BOCES-aid receipts by approximately $1,148,000. She said moving student laptop purchases through BOCES should generate roughly $1,650,000 in aid (a conservative estimate, in her words) and that district BOCES aid projections for 2025–26 rose by nearly $3.5 million in…
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