It's locally controlled and locally decided. When Lincoln Middle School in Indianapolis was re-built in 1997, special attention was paid to wiring every classroom for computers. Between the building itself and the technology, we have so many more opportunities than we did in our old school. Three in four states have technology plans, Chase said, but most of them don't have any plans to pay for them. But Republican leaders have resisted setting aside specific funds for school building, Democrats said.
Many schools have a tax base too low to fix their schools.
Republicans have pulled the rug out from under them. The two parties sparred over whose policies ensure school funds are well spent. Republicans want states and local districts to have more freedom to combine funds from grant programs to suit their needs. Democrats want to target the money to specific concerns. The differences could hinder the Senate's work on the education bill, with both sides threatening to attach a host of proposals to the already cumbersome piece of legislation.