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Today, an increasing number of students are using technology, or learning how to use different types of technology in the school or home. I think the funding currently is having a positive impact on the future planning because it makes students have a beautiful future. Funding for educational technology can eliminate the digital divide in the future. Today, many people around the world do not have equal access to technology because they do not have money to pay for it. According to the article “Federal Funding for Education Technology and How It Is Used in the Classroom: A Summary of Findings from the Integrated Studies of Educational Technology”, the E-rate program provides discounts to assist most schools and libraries in the United States to obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access. E-rate program helps poor schools to families to solve the cost problem, so it can make more student has an equal opportunity to use technology. If we have a larger budget, schools have more funds to provide the better technology and teachers training that can make more students learn more knowledge in the future. Therefore, education funds are good for the future planning.