The 2003 Missouri School District Computing Census

Appendix A

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D. Kent King                                                                      Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Commissioner of Education                                                                                                                            P.O. Box 480

                                                                                                                                 Jefferson City, Missouri  65102-0480

                                                                N = 524

 

Missouri Census of Technology

DISTRICT Level Census (2003)

Please complete this census form to reflect building status as of March 1.
It is recommended that you make a copy of the completed census for your files. 
If you have questions, please call (573) 751-8247 or e-mail: instrtech@dese.mo.gov
 

Contact Name:

Contact Title:

District Telephone #:

District Fax #:

Contact E-mail:

District URL:

            

PLANNING

1. Year district technology plan was last approved by the Department: 2001 (67)   2002 (16)   2003 (451)

2. List any business or higher education institution with which you partner to support technology.  163 (31%)
    College/Universities (67)   Technology Business (60)   Other Businesses (16)

 

TRAINING

3. Identify any board-approved education technology standards and what populations must meet standards.
    STANDARDS (Check ALL that apply)

    423 (81%) Locally-developed   
    124 (24%) Adopted National Educational Technology Standards (ISTE) 
      43   (8%) Adopted Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (TEA) 
      30   (6%) Other 
      78 (15%) None 

    POPULATIONS (Check ALL that apply)

    Students:                                        Teachers:
    305 (58%) PreK-2                            372 (71%) Administrators  
    330 (63%) 3-5                                 402 (77%) Teachers   
    353 (67%) 6-8                                 319 (61%) Support services staff
    311 (58%) 9-12   
    199 Vocational-Technical 

4. Estimate the percentage of administrators and support services staff, in the administrative building/office(s),

    at each skill level of technology use.

 

Beginner %

Intermediate %

Advanced %

 

Administrators

5,386 (11%)

33,855 (66%)

12,068 (23%)

51,309

Support services staff

7,725 (16%)

28,271 (58%)

12,419 (26%)

48,415

 

HARDWARE & SUPPORT

5. Estimate the total FTE of district-level staff responsible for technical maintenance and support of hardware.

    1141.69     (2.18 Avg.)  

6. Enter the quantity of computers, by type, currently used in the administrative building/office(s).

Apple/Mac

Number of
Computers

PC Compatible

Number of Computers

 

Apple 68040 or earlier

156

486 or earlier

512

 

IMac

486

Pentium II or earlier

4,050

 

G4 or other

234

Pentium III or later

7,315

 
   

Celeron

1,851

 
   

AMD under 450 mghz

419

 
   

AMD over 450 mghz

212

 

           Sub-Total

876 (6%)

PC Sub-Total

14,359 (94%)

Total=15,235

7. Enter the quantity of computers in the administrative building/office(s) currently using the following operating systems.

PC

Number of Computers

Mac

Number of Computers

 

Windows 2000/Me or earlier

9262

OS 9.x or earlier

729

 

Windows XP

1535

OS 10.x or later

197

 

Windows NT

985

     
   

Acrobat Reader 4.x or earlier

253

 

Acrobat Reader 4.x or earlier

2051

Acrobat Reader 5.x or later

197

 

Acrobat Reader 5.x or later

4903

     

           Sub-Total

18736 (93%)

Mac Sub-Total

1376 (7%)

Total = 20,112

 

INTERNET CONNECTIVITY-DISTANCE LEARNING

8. Identify the operating system used on the administrative building/office(s). (Check ALL that apply)
    75 (14%) Linux                                   152 (29%) Windows NT                                             28 (5%) Apple Share  
    285 (54%) Novell                                131 Other (Please Specify)_(see below)__               20 (4%) None
    Other List:  Windows 2000 (91 / 17%)   Other Windows (12 / 2%)   AS/400 (6 / 1%)   Other Apple/Mac (2)   Unix (3)

 

TECHNOLOGY USAGE

9. Technology is integrated in the following core content areas(s).
     464 (89%) social studies   472 (90%) science   502 (96%) communication arts    469 (90%) mathematics 

10.  Estimate the percentage of the following populations the district provides email accounts.
       POPULATIONS (Check ALL that apply)
       Students:                                              Teachers:
       (Number districts and average email accounts of districts reporting)
          31 (70%) PreK-2                                 504 (95%) Administrators  
          58 (66%) 3-5                                      499 (92%) Teachers   
          81 (69%) 6-8                                      477 (79%) Support services staff
        108 (52%) 9-12    
          76 (87%) Vocational-technical 

11. Estimate the percentage of the district’s 6th graders who are computer literate (able to perform basic

      computer operations). 

      88% Average / 95% Median

 

TECHNOLOGY FUNDING 


12.    Estimate the amount for which items were purchased or budgeted. (round to the nearest $100)

Items Purchased or Budgeted

Last Fiscal Year

Current Fiscal Year

Next Fiscal Year

Hardware

45,184,211

$45,056,522

$37,188,339

Software - instructional

6,551,992

12,784,064

5,076,642

Software - administrative

3,723,996

5,486,401

6,609,342

Professional development

6,697,674

7,901,721

7,438,076

Connectivity/distance learning

4,545,547

5,456,216

5,472,733

Technical support

19,250,231

17,973,691

17,422,724

Infrastructure/retrofitting/other

10,807,522

13,334,153

11,359,941

Totals

$96,761,173

$107,992,768.00

$90,567,797.00

13.   Estimate the dollar value of the district’s E-rate discount for the current year.

        $41,676,486 (374 districts, $111,434 average)

14.   Estimate the percentage of the discount used to support education technology. 61% 

 

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