Dive Brief:

• The cost of giving each student in Los Angeles an iPad rose about $100 apiece over initial estimates because taxes, a recycling fee and a bulk purchasing discount were not initially taken into account, the district says.
• The cost had originally been reported as $678 per device, but with taxes and a recycling fee it rises to $744.
• If the district buys fewer than 520,000 iPads, the cost rises to $770 each.

Dive Insight:

A recycling fee seems like something that could get lost in the shuffle. But not including taxes in the calculation has a whiff of wishful thinking to it. A meeting next week is scheduled to provide more answers on the costs and timeline of the project, which has seen its fair share of hiccups.