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Maine laptop access expanded to poorer students’ homes - From eSchool News staff and wire service reports

Thousands of Maine students will receive free home internet access for laptop computers assigned by their schools, thanks to millions of dollars worth of cash and in-kind donations, outgoing Gov. Angus King has announced. King, the leading proponent of the first statewide program to provide a laptop computer for every middle school student, said he will “put my money where my mouth is” and contribute $100,000 of the total himself. About 18,000 laptops were delivered in September to seventh-graders and teachers in 239 Maine schools, and another 18,000 will be delivered next year under the state’s three-year contract with Apple Computer Inc.

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