At least one Kansas district is projecting $150,000 to $180,000 just to equip secondary students with individual phone lockers, according to the Wichita Eagle. The state provided zero dedicated funding. Every dollar comes from local budgets.

Districts choosing fabric locking pouches — think Yondr, the magnetic-lock system concert venues use to keep audiences present — face an estimated $30 per unit. Statewide, the Kansas Division of the Budget put that figure at roughly $13.4 million if every student received one, according to the Lawrence KS Times. Lockers require a steeper upfront investment. Neither option came with a state check attached.

Legislators passed the policy. The price tag was someone else’s problem.

  • Ghoelian@piefed.social
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    6 days ago

    Looks like you have to touch it to some tjing to get it to unlock. I wonder, what if you go to an event that uses these, you get piss drunk,and forget to unlock it before you leave. Are you just fucked now?

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          6 days ago

          But then you should of done it on the bus, it takes time to reach blood…

          Obviously unless you’re the bus driver, then you have start earlier

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      6 days ago

      That’s why they’re mounting one outside the high school. So you can drive by to unlock it if you forget to do it before you leave.