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North Penn proposes larger 2025—26 technology budget to refresh devices, strengthen cybersecurity and add off-site backups
Summary
Dr. Kristen Landis presented the district—s technology budget, saying the 2025—26 request reflects a near-term device refresh cycle and higher infrastructure spending.
Dr. Kristen Landis presented the district—s technology budget, saying the 2025—26 request reflects a near-term device refresh cycle and higher infrastructure spending.
Landis said this year's budget is roughly a 50 percent increase from last year. She said a large part of the change reflects the return of Chromebook refresh purchases (the district received 7,000 Chromebooks through an ECF grant in 2023—24 that reduced the normal refresh burden) and a planned network switch replacement line of about $649,000, with the expectation the district will receive partial reimbursement from E-rate funding.
Landis described three priorities:…
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