The Stars Align In Solving the E-rate Homework Gap: ARPA Provides $7.1B to the Emergency Connectivity Fund
Eleven years after the FCC issued the National Broadband Plan and ten years after the FCC issued a Pilot Program to test E-rate funding beyond school walls, the stars are finally beginning to align. On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) appropriating a significant and […]
The FCC Commission Takes a Welcome Step Forward for High Speed Broadband Networks and Competition in the E-rate Program
E-rate stakeholders, including the Illinois Office of Governor, Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology and the Schools, Libraries & Healthcare Broadband Coalition (SHLB), applauded the Commission’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), released January 31, 2019, seeking public comment and additional data on making the suspension of the current E-rate amortization policy permanent. In the […]