the classroom for the future state program provided districts with hundreds of thousands of extra state funding to buy laptop computers for each core curriculum high school class (english, science, history, math) and paid for teacher training to optimize the computers use. the program was funded from 2006 to 2009. the school district applied to participate in 2006-07 and was denied funding by the pde. in 2007-08, harrisburg city school district applied again receiving $585,907. the district received $136,749 in 2008-09, for a total funding of $692,809. among the public school districts in cambria county, the highest award was given to greater johnstown school district which received $463,166. the highest funding statewide was awarded to philadelphia city school district in philadelphia county - $9,409,073. the grant program was discontinued by governor edward rendell, as part of his 2009-10 state budget.