| Los Angeles school district earmarks $115M for additional iPads |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| The Los Angeles Board of Education on Wednesday agreed to move forward with its iPad-based education initiative when it unanimously voted in favor of a $115 million plan to mete out Apple\'s tablet to an additional 38 campuses within the L.A. Unified School District. According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, the decision lifts a cap on the number of iPads L.A. Unified can procure as part of standardized testing scheduled for this spring. In voting for the $115 million proposal, the board sided with schools Superintendent John Deasy, who has championed the iPad effort since its inception in July 2013. An oversight panel advised against the large tablet buy, recommending 38,500 units would be more than enough for the district\'s purposes. School staff requested 67,500 iPads, but the final number will be somewhere in between, the board said. |
| Source: Apple Insider (USA) | Published: January 16th, 2014 |
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