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Core Requirement No. 4
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The plan must provide for a sufficient budget to acquire and maintain the
hardware, software, professional development, and other services that will be
needed to implement the strategy.
At a minimum, projected expenditures for each year of the technology plan should
be shown, broken down by major expense categories. Projected funding for the
plan should also be shown, indicating what portions are to be funded out of the
annual operating budget, from a bond issue, or from other sources. Portions of
the funding plan dependent on the approval of E-rate discounts should be
clearly identified.
E-rate applicants should note that an adequate budget is a requirement not only
of the technology plan, but is central to separate certifications in the Form
470 (Item 23) and Form 471 (Item 25) that each applicant must submit. During
the past year, the SLD has undertaken “Item 25 Reviews” on random Form 471
applications requiring the submission of detailed budgetary information to
assure that the applicant has indeed:
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