Indian Prairie School District 204’s annual technology budget of about $9.4 million falls behind the roughly $12 million the technology department projects it will need in each of the next several years to spend on servers, networks, data, classroom technology, and support.

But a move the school board made in the 2025-26 budget frees up $12.1 million from reserves to help keep pace. Tech administrators gave board members an overview during a meeting Monday night of where the transferred funds will be spent and how the money will help meet technology needs.

Why the IPSD tech budget needed a boost

For a few of the past five years, administrators were able to find capital funds to shift from other uses to technology, allowing the tech department to spend $12.1 million in 2021-22, $10.6 m

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