Section 753. Instructional computer hardware and technology equipment apportionment

1. In addition to  any  other  apportionment  under  this  chapter,  a school district shall be eligible for an apportionment under
  the provisions of  this  section  for  approved  expenses  for  (i)  the
  purchase  or  lease of micro and/or mini computer equipment or terminals
  for instructional purposes or (ii) technology equipment, as  defined  in
  paragraph  c  of subdivision two of this section, used for instructional
  purposes, or (iii) for the repair of such  equipment  and  training  and
  staff  development  for  instructional purposes as provided hereinafter.
  Such aid shall be provided pursuant to a plan developed by the  district
  which  demonstrates  to  the  satisfaction  of the commissioner that the
  instructional computer hardware needs of the  district's  public  school
  students  have  been  adequately  met  and  that the school district has
  provided for the loan of instructional  computer  hardware  to  students
  legally  attending  nonpublic  schools pursuant to section seven hundred
  fifty-four of this article. The apportionment shall equal the lesser  of
  such  approved  expense  in  the  base  year  or, the product of (i) the
  technology factor, (ii) the sum of the public school district enrollment
  and the nonpublic school enrollment in  the  base  year  as  defined  in
  subparagraphs two and three of paragraph n of subdivision one of section
  thirty-six  hundred  two  of  this  chapter,  and (iii) the building aid
  ratio, as defined in subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred  two
  of this chapter. For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand
  eight  school  year  and  thereafter,  the  technology  factor  shall be
  twenty-four dollars and twenty cents. A school district may  use  up  to
  twenty percent of the product of (i) the technology factor, (ii) the sum
  of  the  public  school  district  enrollment  and  the nonpublic school
  enrollment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of
  paragraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this
  chapter,  and  (iii)  the  building  aid  ratio  for   the   repair   of
  instructional  computer  hardware  and technology equipment and training
  and staff development for instructional  purposes  pursuant  to  a  plan
  submitted to the commissioner.
    2. As used in this article:
    a.  "Current year" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined
  in subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter;
    b. "Base year" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined  in
  subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this article; and
    c.  "Technology  equipment",  for  the purposes of this article, shall
  mean equipment with a useful life used in conjunction with or in support
  of educational programs  including  but  not  limited  to  video,  solar
  energy,  robotic,  satellite,  laser  and  such  other  equipment as the
  commissioner shall approve provided that expenses for  the  purchase  or
  lease  of  such  equipment shall not be eligible for aid under any other
  provisions of this chapter.
    3. No school district shall  be  required  to  purchase  or  otherwise
  acquire  instructional  computer  hardware  or technology equipment, the
  cost of which exceeds the amount of state aid provided pursuant to  this
  section.
    4.  The  apportionment  provided  for in this section shall be paid at
  such times as may be determined by the commissioner and approved by  the
  director of the budget, during the school year in which the expenditures
  are  reported  to  the  department  prior to such apportionment, but not
  earlier than the school year after the school year in which expenses are
  incurred.
    5. Expenses aided pursuant to this section shall not be  eligible  for
  aid pursuant to any other provision of this chapter.