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[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, because the schools own and manage the hardware they loan out.

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Ah. I thought the parents pay for the computers themselves.

What if the parents bought a laptop and refused the school-provided one?

[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 1 points 9 months ago

I suppose it depends on the school, I'm sure they all have different policies depending on their IT department.