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Most E-Rate Funds Spent in Highest-Need Areas, Researcher Says

In fiscal year 2024, the program spent 62 percent of funding on broadband subscriptions and 35 percent on networking gear

Why Every K–12 Leader Should Be Paying Attention to E-Rate Funding Right Now

For nearly three decades, E-Rate has made connectivity and network infrastructure accessible for even the smallest and most rural schools. Now, the Federal Communications Commissio...

E-Rate funding faces potential changes as FCC reviews program

WHITLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – Schools across northeast Indiana are watching a federal review of the E-Rate program, which could have a significant impact on how districts budget fo...

Schools, Libraries Fight to Preserve E-Rate in Major Battle at FCC

Advocates urge stakeholders to contact lawmakers as the Republican-led agency considers changes to the $2.5 billion broadband subsidy.

FCC considers cuts to funds for internet access at schools and libraries

A program called E-Rate has helped expand public internet access for 30 years. As the Federal Communications Commission challenges whether the subsidies are still needed, schools a...

Former FCC Republican Michael O’Rielly Supports Ending E-Rate ‘If Is Is Hurting Students’

“If E-Rate is not delivering, or worse, if it is hurting students, then it should be curtailed or ended,” O’Rielly says, adding the FCC has the legal authority to pursue reforms.

FCC’s E-Rate Proposal Draws Early Pushback from Schools, Libraries

Advocates were quick to weigh in after the sweeping proposal hit the Federal Register Friday

FCC Ponders ‘Large Scale Changes’ to School and Library Broadband Subsidy

Wireline chief discusses updating the program which supports internet access for nearly all U.S. public schools

22 Wisconsin Libraries Warn FCC Against E-Rate Cuts

Changes to the federal broadband subsidy could raise costs and squeeze public services, libraries warn.

FCC's E-Rate Program Splits Markey, Moulton in Their Second TV Primary Debate

After Markey plugged $80 billion in E-Rate spending since 1996, Moulton responded, ‘I don’t think that any family of teenagers out there tonight thinks that our kids are safe from...

E-Rate Takes Center Stage in Markey-Moulton  Senate Primary in Massachusetts

The primary puts renewed attention on how Washington should approach school connectivity and online access

Don't Panic — Yet: What the FCC's E-Rate Review Means for Schools

Conversations With Kevin Hogan: Education policy attorney Reg Leichty explains why the FCC's inquiry into sunsetting E-Rate is a serious threat, why screen time is a red herring in...

Thirty years on, feds look at rolling back funds for internet access at Vermont schools

T-Mobile Offers Free Internet for Eligible K-12 Students

Commerce Working on New Round of Digital Equity Act Funding

The agency is planning to take applications in December

GAO Wants Easier Coverage Challenges at FCC, More Detail on Long-term BEAD Monitoring

USDA officials said a $4.6 billion telecom loan program was largely unallocated, but they expected more interest as grant funding dried up

Finding Funding for Network Modernization in K–12 Schools

Some ed tech gets a lot of hype; it’s easy to get excited about esports setups, one-to-one device upgrades and artificial intelligence. But the infrastructure that makes all of tha...

New Mexico Launches Rulemaking for Broadband Affordability Program

The state program will offer eligible households discounts toward broadband service beginning Dec. 1.

US adds USD 21 bln to BEAD funds to eradicate digital divide

(Telecompaper) The US executive branch telecoms agency, the NTIA, announced a further tranche of Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding, using USD...

FCC Opens Review of Universal Service Administration, Questions USAC’s Future

The agency questions USAC’s processes, expenses, governance structure and long-term role as the Universal Service Fund’s administrator.

UNESCO Lauds NCC’s Zero-Rate Access for Educational Platforms, Contents

Oghenevwede Ohwovoriole in Abuja United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has commended the Zero-Rate Access for Educational Platforms/Contents ini...

Federal Broadband Funding Is Expanding Coverage and Competition

New CostQuest analysis found federally funded areas are increasingly served by multiple providers

NTIA's Roth Celebrates Major Policy Victory – All BEAD Plans Have Been Approved by the Trump Administration

Now it’s up to the 50 states, five territories, and Washington, D.C., to sign contracts with ISPs (or Subgrantees in BEAD parlance) to get the backhoes digging and the networks hum...

FREE Internet from T-Mobile for Qualifying K-12 Students

T-Mobile is offering eligible students K-12 a FREE internet hotspot device and service for 5 years with 200 GB per year. Your child can qualify for Project 10Million through eligib...