Consider Approval to Purchase Student Technology Devices: The Technology Operations Department recommends purchasing 675 student one-to-one devices with protective cases for incoming 1st and 6th grade students at a cost not to exceed $263,960. Funding for this purchase will be sourced from the Student Device Replacement Plan, established during the district's annual budgeting process, and the Inst

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9.C. Consider Approval to Purchase Student Technology Devices: The Technology Operations Department recommends purchasing 675 student one-to-one devices with protective cases for incoming 1st and 6th grade students at a cost not to exceed $263,960. Funding for this purchase will be sourced from the Student Device Replacement Plan, established during the district's annual budgeting process, and the Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment (IMTA) provided by the Texas Education Agency.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 8.8/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).