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Article: Springfield handout will fund district technology program
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- Elk Grove Times (IL)
- Article date:
- June 27, 1996
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Schaumburg District 54 plans to use a $450,000 state education windfall to purchase additional equipment for a recently approved technology program.
The unexpected state revenues will be used to buy equipment and install infrastructure that will accelerate the district's $7.6 million technology program, which was approved earlier this year, said Controller Ric King.
School officials were making final adjustments to the district's proposed $133 million budget when the unexpected state revenues were announced last month. The General Assembly approved the handout in May, at the tail end of its most recent legislative session.
State school districts are viewing the money as a one-time ...