It is aimed at folks who are not technologically sophisticated, primarily in schools. It contains a set of steps to use for identifying what technology is needed, getting what is needed and supporting it. It contains important questions to ask while you are making decisions. Plus, it is easy to understand and fun to read. The CD-ROM version will be available in late.
Schools have difficulty funding enough support.
However, funding from private sources for each district, including business, constituted about three percent or less of what each district had spent on its technology program. Instead, these districts relied on special local bonds and levies, state assistance, and federal grants to purchase and replace equipment. Lack of staff to seek and apply for funding and difficulty in funding technology support staff were major concerns of officials in all five districts GAO studied. None of the technology programs GAO reviewed had obtained a clearly defined and relatively stable funding source, such as a line item in the operating budget or a part of the state's education funding formula. Five School Districts' Experiences in Financing Technology Programs, by Carlotta C. Joyner, Director of Education and Employment Issues, before the Education Task Force, Senate Committee on the Budget.