| School District Could Buy Laptop For Every Student If Teachers Paid Private-Sector Average For Health Care |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| This fall, East Grand Rapids Public School District is implementing a controversial program where parents of high school students are "encouraged" to provide their own laptop computers for their children to be used in school. The plans are to start a program in the middle school in 2013-14 and in the third through fifth grades in 2014-15. However, the school district may have a way of freeing up money to provide the computers free to students by bringing its health care costs more in line with the private sector. |
| Source: Michigan Capital Confidential (MI-USA) | Published: August 24th, 2012 |
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