Capito, Klobuchar File Bill to Expand E-rate
Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., bowed their Every Child Connected Act Wednesday. The bill would redirect for E-rate use the money the FTC collects for FTC Act Section 5 and privacy violations. It would require the…
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FCC to redefine “classroom” for E-rate funding purposes to include at-home distance learning. “With schools nationwide shifting to digital learning” amid COVID-19, “students and teachers rely heavily on the internet,” Capito said. “Millions of students do not have the same access to these online tools that some of their classmates do.” There's a bid to include additional E-rate funding in FY 2021 appropriations and in a pandemic aid package (see 2012150069).