About 99 Palm Beach County schools, including Boca Raton Elementary, Carver Middle, Delray Boynton Academy and Delray Full Service Center will reap benefits from the Microsoft settlement, resulting in enhancement of technology e.g., sound field enhancement, document cameras, servers, computers and software. The settlement resolved class action lawsuits alleging that Microsoft violated Florida’s antitrust laws and now provides benefits to consumers and businesses that purchased licenses for Microsoft operating system, productivity suite, spreadsheet or word processing software between 11-16-1995 and 12-31-2002 for use in the sate of Florida, up to a maximum amount of $202-MM.More than $80-MM in vouchers will be distributed to receive reimbursement for purchases of any manufacturer’s desktp, laptop or table computers running any operating system, training, or software used with those computer products. To qualify, a school must have at least half of its students eligible for free and reduced price lunch. A website will be established for school districts to determine leigibility and identify items appropriate for voucher use. Vouchers may also be used for services including curriculum development for school administrators. Half the funds can be used for software and half for hardware and other services.
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