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Board approves annual Chromebook replacement; parents press district on content filtering and student safety
Summary
Trustees approved the district’s annual Chromebook replacement purchase after staff reported the winning bid was roughly $100,000 below the next bid; the meeting also included multiple public comments urging better filtering and stakeholder review after a student received an explicit image.
The Chico Unified Board approved the district’s annual Chromebook replacement purchase for 2026–27 after a presentation from John Vincent describing the program and competitive bids.
Vincent told trustees the replacement purchase is an annual process to retire devices with battery or hardware problems and keep students and staff working on reliable machines. He said there were three bidders and that the lowest responsible bid was approximately $100,000 less than the next bid. The board moved, seconded and…
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