In 2019, the federal government launched the DigitalPakt Schule to equip schools with digital technology. In the end, 6.5 billion euros in federal money were available. By 30 June 2021, schools had drawn 852 million euros. The municipalities named the reasons: too few staff in the administration, applications that were too complicated, and supply problems. One percent named a lack of interest from schools. By June 2024, at the end of the program, 97 percent of the basic fund had been approved, and 3.4 billion euros had been paid out.