Dive Brief:

• The plan to distribute iPads to every Los Angeles student and teacher could be difficult to pay for after about three years, according to figures the district examined Tuesday.
• The $1 billion iPad project is being funded with school construction bonds paid back over about 25 years; the devices are expected to last a fraction of that. 
• The district heard four possible scenarios to continue funding the program beyond Year Three, but there are problems with each.

Dive Insight:

One option to continue the program would be to issue special bonds, but as one member of the district's bond committee said: "... You continually hear from parents, voters and taxpayers that they're so upset over the iPads that they're never going to vote for another bond again."