Funding Education in Quebec

Reading through the document entitled "Funding for Education in Quebec at the Preschool, Elementary and Secondary School Levels: 2005-2006 School Year" I was intrigued to find in section 2.2.3 Method of Allocating Capital Resources that this "basic alocation is mainly used to acquire furniture, equipment and tools (FET) for general education and vocational training, to improve and refurbish buildings (IRB) and to develop computer systems." Although, I am quite certain that this amount is not large enough it does imply to me that there is an anual budget line for technology...and yet, most schools that I've worked with rely on other sources of income to "improve and refurbish" their technology assets.
Budgeting, I believe is a necessary evil...something we must teach our students, our children to do regularly as habit, to review and revise as course of action.
On a personal note, I watch with awe the negotiating powers and fiscal responsibilities our sons (16 and 19 yrs old now) have developed over the past 5 years since we stopped dolling out a weekly pittance (usually called an allowance) and began to use online banking to deposit into their respective bank accounts a monthly amount to pay for: school lunches, transportation, entertainment, special purchases (anything Mom or Dad deem as unnecessary such as expensive name-brand t-shirts etc.), savings and charity. Each of our boys is responsible to create a spreadsheet detailing his monthly spending, identify where he was over or under, look for trends, look for ways to save and understand the true value of the dollar. As the boys grow they add their own earnings and other expenses. The older one now budgets for his University expenses which include his dorm, food, transportation home, telephone, internet connection and more. These skills are lifelong and necessary.
School administrators and even classroom teachers should all have a notion of how much they spend and where the money comes from. This should not be a hindrance but perhaps if teachers knew more about the costs of what they currently do they would not be so quick to say "my school can't afford _____" but "if we saved on _____ perhaps we could buy _______"!