Palm Beach County School District Earmarks $610M for Tech in Capital Plan

Palm Beach County School District has earmarked $610.9 million for several technology-related capital projects for fiscal years 2025-2036.

According to its website, the school district serves more than 189,000 students, making it the fifth-largest school district in the state and the 10th largest in the nation.

“The technology vision of Palm Beach County School District is to provide enterprise-wide innovative technology environments and information access that empowers teachers, students, administrators and the community to make well-informed decisions, share knowledge and collaborate and drive business process efficiencies,” its website states.

With that said, the school district has earmarked the following funding for tech-related capital projects during FY 2025-2036:

• A combined $391.3 million for computer refreshes 
• $79.9 million for networks 
• $34.4 million for cyber and network security  
• $26.3 million for back-end infrastructure 
• $22.3 million for servers 

Other notable tech funding is $212.4 million for educational technology and $617.6 million in transfers to the school district’s general fund for application systems, business operating systems, cyber and network security, enterprise resource planning, a portal project, web content management, tech infrastructure maintenance and system life cycle management for endpoint security.

More information about the school district’s capital plan can be found online.