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Peoria Unified seeks up to $5 million to replace aging teacher laptops and student desktops
Summary
District staff requested approval to increase cooperative contract spending and begin single‑year purchases to replace thousands of desktops and laptops; items are time‑sensitive because older desktops cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 and Microsoft Windows 10 support ends later in 2025.
Peoria — Peoria Unified asked the board Feb. 13 to authorize increased spending on cooperative technology contracts to replace aging staff and lab computers, citing device age, end‑of‑support timelines and an upcoming tariff/window for manufacturers.
What the district presented Technology staff said the replacement need comprises roughly 2,300 district laptops (mostly staff machines) that will be five to six years old at the time of replacement and about 2,650 desktops whose average age…
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