The newly disclosed price of $770, a 14% increase per iPad, appeared in a revised budget released in advance of a public meeting Tuesday on the $1-billion project. The potential sticker shock can be avoided, but only after the district has spent at least $400 million for the devices.
Officials did not answer questions Monday about how much the district would then spend on the remaining tablets.
The earlier cost estimate for each iPad “preceded the actual procurement process,” the district said Monday in response to questions from The Times. “The negotiated discount [to $678] does not go into effect until the district has reached the $400-million spending threshold.”[/quote]
