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 […]
Key E-Rate Stakeholders Ask the FCC to Rule a Classroom Is Where the Student Learns
On January 26, 2021, SHLB, COSN, SECA and other key E-rate stakeholders filed a Petition for a Declaratory Ruling asking the FCC to find that E-rate funding is eligible outside of the traditional on-campus classroom. Specifically, the Petition seeks E-rate funding to allow our nation’s schools and libraries to procure Internet connectivity equipment, and devices […]
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 […]
SCHOOLS, HEALTH, LIBRARIES BROADBAND (SHLB) COALITION’S 8TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
I’m excited to share I’ll be speaking next week on FCC E-rate Appeals and Compliance at the @SHLBCoalition’s 8th Annual Conference to be held on October 10-12, 2018 in Washington, D.C.: #BitxBit18! Join me and my fellow panelists, Cathy Cruzan, President of Funds for Learning, and Rich Cameron, Cameron Law & Policy, as we delve […]
What’s Trending In E-Rate in 2018: Is the 2014 FCC Goal of Simplifying the E-Rate Program Being Met?
Every year Funds for Learning (FFL), one of the most preeminent consultants to applicants in the FCC’s E-Rate Program, issues its informative and highly regarded FFL 2018 E-Rate Trend Report (FLL Report) by collecting data and comments and identifying trends gathered from survey responses from over 1000 applicants. Every E-rate stakeholder should at least take […]