Equipment/Hardware:

1. Computers for students
   
   
2. Servers for shared files, electronic mail, and world wide web communication
   
   
3. Digital and video cameras, GPS - for curriculum areas
   
   
4. Graphing calculators, scientific probes, data loggers & electronic response systems
   
   
5. Projection devices and other peripheral equipment shared by computer systems (microscopes)
   
   
6. Distance learning ITV classroom (full-motion interactive video classroom system)
   
   
7. Videoconferencing equipment
   
   
8. Fax machines for instructional purposes
   
   
9. Electronic Whiteboards (full size and portable)
   
   
10. Recharging carts for wireless laptops
    
    
11. Memory cards and wireless cards

Software:

1. Programs available on DVDs, CD-ROMs, laser discs, videotapes etc. and used as applications in instructional programs (nonreligious)
   
   
2. Upgrade of operating system software

Professional Development:

1. Training that develops and enhances teachers’ technology skills for instructional purposes so that teachers effectively use technology with their curriculum.
   • Participating in sessions offered by the county-based Educational Technology Training Centers
   • Online training and Professional Development with no religious content (must be completed by the end of the funding year)
   • Workshops and conferences (registration fees)
2. Professional development funds can be encumbered by June 30th and services rendered or paid for by September 30th to allow summer professional development
   
   
3. Maintenance: Contracts or per diem support to make sure equipment purchased and loaned to a nonpublic school by a board of education is maintained and remains usable. This would apply to equipment purchased under this initiative

Miscellaneous:

1. New leases and continuation of previous leases under this program
   
   
2. Wide area network: high-speed network links that connect schools together, high-speed Internet connection serving more than one school, (routers, hubs, switches)
   
   
3. Data communications systems: local area networks, including multiple connects for every classroom (network cards, internal wiring, wireless cards)
   
   
4. Wiring can be placed in existing raceways and conduits The contractor must endure that the materials are used only for the purposes of the program and can be removed from the nonpublic school without remodeling the nonpublic school facility.
   
   
5. Disposal of old equipment from this program (environmentally safe)

Equipment:

1. Computers for teachers and administrators
   
   
2. Administrative servers, computers, etc
   
   
3. Calculators - Standard desktop or standard handheld calculators
   
   
4. Cell phones, walkie talkies and pagers
   
   
5. Pull down screens
   
   
6. Telephone Services
   
   
7. Public Address Systems
   
   
8. Individual CD Players
   
   
9. Photocopy machines
   
   
10. Security equipment (surveillance cameras, metal detectors, etc.)

Software:

1. Software with a religious theme or content is prohibited
   
   
2. Web-filtering, anti-virus and monitoring software

Professional Development:

1. Memberships (ETTC, AVA Commission, etc.)

Miscellaneous:

1. Internet Service Provider (ISP), web hosting, e-mail
   
   
2. Wiring - if not for purposes of program. Can't be removed without remodeling.
   
   
3. Outside Wiring - No digging, installing telephone poles, conduit or raceways
   
   
4. Barcoding software and supplies
   
   
5. Furniture
   
   
6. Consumable supplies/operating items (printer cartridges, toner, bulbs, manuals, blank recording devices such as: blank disks, blank videotapes, blank DVDs,etc.)
   
   
7. Conference fees, travel and accomodations
   
   
8. Funds cannot be used for construction of nonpublic school facilities
   
   
9. Line charges and service (e.g. DSL, ISDN, ATM, cable, etc.)
   
   
10. Instructional services directly to nonpublic school students (online or in person)
    
    
11. Books for students or teachers.