According to the 2025-26 District Budget, Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) allocated $68.5 million to technology from 2015-2020, delivering 83,000 computers to 209 schools while aiming to spend nearly an additional five million dollars in the following five years. This massive and costly technological push has resulted in smartboards and computers in classrooms becoming commonplace tools. However, corporations, not BCPS students, are the group who reap the benefits.
The first warning flag is the widespread corruption in student technology spending. Prior to the start of the school year, the BCPS School Board was criticized by the Broward Office of the Inspector General for rigging bids from technology companies to be favorable towards Hewlett-Packard (HP).
In a similar case in 2020, the school district undermined the process of competitive bids. BCPS bought $17 million worth of interactive classroom TVs from Recordex without seeking competitive bids. This deal was cut simply due to Former Chief Information Officer Tony Hunter’s relationship with Recordex’s supplier David Allen. In both cases, more money was spent on technology because it benefited corporations, taking school funding away from students who need it most…