Texas school district signs $11.19M Apple lease as Chromebook repair costs soar

Beaumont Independent School District in Texas approved a four-year, $11.19 million lease for 14,585 Apple devices, replacing aging Chromebooks. The district logged over 6,600 repairs last year and nearly $470,000 in repair and support costs.

• Four-year lease covers 4,085 iPads and 9,500 MacBook Neo laptops
• 1,000 MacBook Neo units go to teachers
• Nearly two-thirds of district devices are past their recommended life cycle
• Annual payments of about $2.8 million, first drawn from reserves