Opinion - At 30, E-Rate is a proven success. Let’s keep improving it.

The E-Rate program has provided nearly every American with access to high-speed internet through public libraries and schools ...

Since E-rate expansion cuts, schools make difficult choices on hotspots

After the FCC pulled back coverage for school bus Wi-Fi and hotspots, K-12 leaders are scrambling to connect students without ...
The Journal

Senate Votes to Rescind E-Rate Program Funding Loaner WiFi Hotspots for Schools and Libraries

The United States Senate has passed a joint resolution to overturn "Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program," a July 2024 expansion to the FCC's E-Rate program that allowed schools and ...
Education Week

Schools Fear Funding Loss as Supreme Court Weighs E-Rate Case

The Lawrence, Kan., school district, like many around the nation, has become reliant on the federal E-rate program for connecting schools to the internet. Two years ago, the federal program funded 80 ...
Government Technology

What’s New in Digital Equity: FCC Limits Scope of E-Rate

The FCC announced a change to the E-rate program on Tuesday. The commission issued a ruling rescinding E-rate program funding coverage for Wi-Fi service on school buses or off campus through schools ...
Publishers Weekly

SCOTUS Mandates Opt-Outs on LGBTQ+ Books in Schools, Funding for E-Rate Program

Wrapping up a hurly-burly session, the U.S. Supreme Court today announced two decisions that influence the book industry and the availability of library resources. In Tamer Mahmoud et al. v. Thomas W.