[Vision2020] Computer contract over estimate

[Joe Campbell]

Essentially the Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction cannot add.

On Oct 27, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> $180 Million Contract Divides Lawmakers
> 
> The Associated Press
> BOISE, IDAHO — The eight-year, $180 million pact with Hewlett-Packard Co. for laptops required under public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul is dividing Idaho's Republican lawmakers.
> Rep. Lynn Luker of Boise said Friday during a meeting inside the Capitol the price was "double pretty much what we anticipated."
> Sen. John Goedde of Coeur d'Alene countered it's only 10 percent above estimates.
> Who's right?
> In 2011, Luna estimated the five-year cost at $70.8 million, or $14.6 million annually.
> For the first five years of the actual H-P contract, the cost is $82 million, about 16 percent higher, conceded Luna spokeswoman Melissa McGrath.
> And over eight years, the average annual cost runs $22.5 million, well over Luna's estimate when calculated yearly.
> Voters weigh in on the computers and Luna's additional education changes Nov. 6.
> 
> Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325238/180m-computer-contract-divides.html#storylink=cpy
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