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Post by SockMonkey on Aug 11, 2014 1:40:45 GMT
Yes.
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Aug 11, 2014 1:42:02 GMT
A friend of mine had to rent a iPad last year and will have to for the continuing years to come while her son is in that school. It's public. I think her fee was $100 a year or she could just buy it out right.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 11, 2014 1:53:20 GMT
My children are/were at a charter (public) school and were required to either buy or rent from the school an Ipad. The cost is minimal, I think $35, and we were able to keep it over the summer. There is a program to help those who can no afford the costs.
It is, however, a technology school so it isn't really out of the mandate of the school to require the use of technology.
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 11, 2014 2:18:42 GMT
I think this is a growing trend. DS plans to major in an engineering specialty and there are certain requirement for his computer, depending on the school. Many of the schools have free (well, included in the tuition) tech support as well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 2:49:25 GMT
I assume the OP is asking about a k-12 school since schooling is supposed to be free? I have no idea what they do at that level.
At the college level, yes, they can require a certain computer and software. But college isn't supposed to be free or accessible to everyone in the same way a k-12 education is supposed to be.
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Post by ntsf on Aug 11, 2014 2:55:18 GMT
not in CA
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Post by sacteach on Aug 11, 2014 2:59:39 GMT
We can't even require our students to bring a pencil, so that would be a big fat NO here (CA public school)
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Post by gsquaredmom on Aug 11, 2014 3:03:38 GMT
My district could. Students buy texts. Those on free/reduced lunch have theirs purchased using a special fund.
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Post by elaine on Aug 11, 2014 3:05:30 GMT
I know that there are various lab fees even in public school, and they have been requiring $100 graphing calculators in high school for years now, so it may be legal.
In our school district all new textbooks being adopted must have an electronic version, and they are switching for all 6-12 grade texts to be electronic. They are doing away with paper textbooks, so the only way to access them is via computer or tablet. Granted our schools have a bit of money, so many classrooms have a set of netbooks that the students use in class to access the textbook.
We bought our son his own $200 netbook in 7th grade and it lasted for both 7th and 8th grades and is still working fine. The cost wasn't really much more than a graphing calculator and does so much more!
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Aug 11, 2014 3:17:49 GMT
We are going one to one devices (Mac books). We are requiring a $60 fee to take it home for the year. If they cannot afford or choose not to pay the fee, they can check one out daily from the media center. They are required to have one every day. We can't legally charge a fee in Mn, but there are legal verbiage ways around that.
It should be "interesting."
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 11, 2014 4:20:36 GMT
We are going one to one devices (Mac books). We are requiring a $60 fee to take it home for the year. If they cannot afford or choose not to pay the fee, they can check one out daily from the media center. They are required to have one every day. We can't legally charge a fee in Mn, but there are legal verbiage ways around that. It should be "interesting." This sounds like the district near us that is going one to one. Another district near me "gives" the students a laptop in 9 grade. Software, security, and upgrades cost $50, but if you can't pay it, the district will find funding. At graduation, the student can keep the laptop. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 11, 2014 20:59:11 GMT
Our K-12 public schools can't make you buy or rent a computer for school. But they also can't punish you for not bringing any supplies.
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