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Among those listed by the Texas Bond Review Board were four districts with technology wish lists exceeding $50 million. Here is a look at those:
Prosper ISD will spend $140 million from Proposition B for devices for its growing student body of more than 22,000. Proposition A also contains $132.2 million for reinforcing safety and security along with upgrading the technical infrastructure. The school district is finishing its fourth high school and planning to build a fifth.
Katy ISD has planned $83.6 million that includes a campus retrofit, printer and copier retrofits, network switches, wireless upgrades, cybersecurity upgrades and infrastructure, cloud services, telephone upgrades, Chromebooks and power supply replacement. These are under Proposition B. Proposition A will fund four new school buildings for its more than 90,000 students.
Lewisville ISD has listed $69.6 million under Proposition C to purchase and update instructional technology equipment. Money for safety and security equipment and technology is included in Proposition B’s total of $960.6 million, which also includes general facilities work. Lewisville has 48,000 students.
Aldine ISD has $67.5 million under Proposition B for iPads, laptops, Chromebooks and interactive classroom displays for more than 55,000 students. Safety and security is listed under Proposition A, which has $1.6 billion for items including facilities and transportation projects.
The review board monitors as many bond elections as possible via district websites, media and additional venues; however, this isn’t required reporting and may lack some bond information as a result.
