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Board presses staff for concrete plan on 1-to-1 devices and affordable home internet after superintendent report
Summary
Board members pressed staff for a timetable and specific plan to achieve districtwide 1:1 devices and affordable or no-cost home internet for students, citing persistent gaps in take-home deployment and cost barriers for families.
Board members used the annual CCC settlement discussion to press district staff for a clearer, time-bound plan to make device and home internet access consistent across Broward schools.
Chief Information Officer Trey Davis told the board the district currently inventories about 1.2 devices per student but noted gaps in deployment: some principals issue take-home devices to needy students and others do not. Davis said the district is formalizing policies so schools consistently issue devices to students identified as having need; he estimated the logistics of deployment, maintenance, and broken/stolen device handling were being…
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