What educational and community groups are supporting telecommunications in the schools?

A key finding from the 1996 survey is that parents, community members, local businesses, and not-for-profit groups provide assistance to schools in acquiring Internet access and other advanced telecommunications services (Table 4). Ten percent of schools reported that businesses provided funding for these programs; 18 percent of schools reported that parents and other community members provided funding, and 6 percent reported that community organizations such as libraries or museums provided funding. Still, the most likely source of support was the school districts themselves, and the second most frequent source was state or federal government agencies.