Tuesday, November 25, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN — The city school district is seeking nearly $1.7 million worth of technology and Internet services next school year for just $316,131.
The board of education voted Tuesday to ask the federal Universal Service Fund to pick up $1,506,000 of the expense.
The fund, more commonly known as E-Rate, was created by the federal government to help underwrite the cost of telecommunication and Internet access services to schools and libraries across the country.
The board also authorized spending $111,800 to remove asbestos from the old Jackson Elementary School and $11,875 to send five of its seven members to the National School Boards Association conference and exposition in San Diego, Calif., in April.
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