Hello! My name is Susan Brooks-Young. I spent 23 years working as a teacher and administrator in public and private education. Now I work with educators across the country on various aspects of technology use in schools, including developing or updating technology plans. In this brief presentation, I\u2019d like to share lessons I\u2019ve learned about effective financial planning through budgeting strategies that you can use when writing or updating your technology plan.

The best written technology plan won\u2019t come to fruition if the funds needed to
support it aren\u2019t available. Schools and districts can develop sustainable technology
budgets by focusing on three areas:

The typical technology budget relies on a special infusion of funds from sources
such as bonds, grants, corporate donations, or E-Rate. The problem with relying
totally on these funding strategies is that these funds may be restricted or funds may
not be available in subsequent years.