Are you saying a lack of funds isn't an issue in education, but the distribution of these funds?
Let me give a real world example of what I am talking about, as I have a child in elementary in FL right now. Typically, elementary schools now have several (think 5-7 depending on the school size) administrators aiding the Principle, each teacher generally has an assistant, there are now specialty teachers for things like music and science, and now they have guidance counselors and a school nutritionist. They also have several custodians, and the typical cafeteria cooks/servers and librarians. When I went to elementary (mid-late 70's) we had a single teacher for all of our subjects without any assistants, a Principle with a secretary and an administrative assistant, one janitor, 2 librarians, 3 cafeteria cooks/servers and no guidance counselors. The extra unneeded staff's pay and benefits is likely in the $1500 per student range.
My son's school has ~500 students and 35-36 full time teachers due to school size amendments. That's around 15 kids per teacher where, in my day, it was more around 20. The schools are also trying to constantly do things like implement new teaching "paradigms," constantly re-inventing the wheel, resulting in results that aren't as good as 40 years ago (oh...but there studies say they'rrrreee Greeeaaaat!). It's a mess. Federal intervention has helped some lower tier schools over the years, but it does far more damage than helps. The DOE's 2013 costs for employees alone was $178B, with a B for billion. Or roughly $2500/student under 18. Why do we need the federal government to control the flow of funds back to the states for education beyond simply having congress divvy up the funds based on population and need?
So, in other words, there's plenty of money being flushed down the bureaucratic drain to more than make up. And we certainly don't need the federal government dictating WiFi n schools, anymore than we need them to dictate the menu (something that has gone terribly wrong the last few years with the new "healthy portion/food type" menus that the Feds demanded schools implement if they wanted federal funds). Adding a tax, even a tiny $5 per cellular subscriber per year, isn't necessary and is beyond the purview of what the federal governments actual job is.
Sigh. We're screwed.