Every public school student from year 7 to 11 will receive an Acer Chromebook when school returns next year.

The ACT government has chosen Datacom Systems (AU) to deliver the laptops and expects all students to have their own device by the 2019 school year.

All ACT secondary students will receive a Chromebook when school returns next year. Credit:Glenn Chapman

Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Education Minister Yvette Berry committed to giving every secondary public school student a personal device ahead of the 2016 election. More than $17 million was set aside in the 2017-18 budget to fund the policy.

"In many ways these are the textbooks of today and the ACT is the first Australian state or territory to provide them universally in public schools," Mr Barr and Ms Berry said in a joint statement.