   Chapter 3:  Funding Strategies for the Technology Plan   At
least three challenges must be met to fund technology in
schools. First, ways must be found to fund the relatively high
levels of capital expenditures needed to install school
technology systems. Second, funds to sustain school technology's
annual operating costs must be identified. Finally, funds must
be secured to regularly retire and replenish portions of the
system to keep it modern.  Irrespective of the availability of
funding, the economics of school technology combined with
schools' current budgeting frameworks and the realities of
financing large capital investments can inhibit successful
deployment of technology in schools. The usual method of
financing school capital projects is through local government
bonds, but bond issues are not feasible in many school
districts. Voters in expanding school districts are probably
well accustomed to bond issues, but elsewhere it may be more
difficult to ensure their acceptance. Even when bond issues a