Smart Schools Review Board Approves Funding

December 11th, 2018

On Monday, Gov. Cuomo announced that the Smart Schools Review Board approved some $416 million in spending for 57 projects around the state. The Board approved $383 million for technology updates and connectivity in New York City schools — $250 million for wired and wireless broadband connectivity and $133 million for in-classroom tech such as laptops, desktop computers, tablets and charging carts.

Gov. Cuomo said:

“Through the Smart Schools Bond Act, we are bringing every classroom into the 21st century by equipping them with modern broadband and other technology and in the process knocking down barriers to inequality. This funding will help ensure every child in New York has the tools they need to compete in the economy of the future.”

To date, the Board has distributed about $1.3 billion of the $2 billion authorized by voters in 2014.