{"id":4256,"date":"2017-02-09T18:59:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T18:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2017-02-09T19:06:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T19:06:11","slug":"new-fcc-and-e-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2017\/02\/09\/new-fcc-and-e-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"New FCC and e-rate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Educators – if your school makes use of the e-rate, you should probably pay attention to what is going on with the FCC. According to Education Week<\/a>, the FCC has rescinded a report describing the success of the e-rate program.<\/p>\n

The report will have “no legal or other effect or meaning going forward,” according to the commission’s order.<\/a><\/p>\n

An FCC spokesman said the report “does not reflect the official views of the agency.” A copy remains available on the agency’s website.<\/p>\n

Titled “E-Rate Modernization: Progress and the Road Ahead<\/a>,” the document describes the impact of the FCC’s 2014 effort to overhaul the E-rate program<\/a>, which helps subsidize the cost of telecommunications services for public schools and libraries. In addition to raising the program’s annual spending cap from $2.4 to $3.9 billion, Wheeler and the commission’s Democratic majority approved regulations prioritizing broadband and Wi-Fi, increasing competition in the school-broadband market, and making a wide range of data related to the program publicly available.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can’t say I have read the full-report, but the report concerns goals and accomplishments.<\/p>\n

I know Senator Franken (D – Minnesota) has been big on connectivity issues. Perhaps there is something on his web site.<\/p>\n

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