I don't live in the USA so I don't know what exactly could be bought, but isn't the news article talking about something completely positive? If that children its not using this vouchers, why let them expire if they (I think) can't be traded? My main concern is about what exactly can be bought. I think its fair for it to be used for something more basic, like a basic computer monitor or tablet/laptop. A basic TV and tickets to events like theater and cinema I think its still fair.

The article does make an extremely good point about the possibility of funds drying up for actual students and classrooms in need.

The earlier NT releases, like NT 3.1, NT4 and 2000, are somehow extremely nice to run on extremely weak hardware. With this, I mean like running x86 Qemu on an ARM device without accelleration. I couldn't believe how NT4 was running via Qemu on a ASUS Zenfone 3 Laser, unlike Windows 95 and 98 that were much more sluggish