Senate Democrats Urge FCC to OK E-rate for Remote Learning
Ed Markey of Massachusetts led a letter with 36 other members of the Senate Democratic caucus Thursday urging the FCC to "leverage the E-Rate program to begin providing connectivity and devices for remote learning." The agency seeks comment through Feb.…
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16 on such petitions (see 2102010064). “Use your new leadership of the FCC to depart from the … erroneous position" under then-Chairman Ajit Pai that existing statute didn't allow for this, the senators urged acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. Others signing the letter included Commerce Committee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell of Washington and outgoing Communications Subcommittee lead Democrat Brian Schatz of Hawaii. "We welcome this valuable input," an FCC spokesperson said. "We share the same goal of closing the Homework Gap and getting every child the connectivity they need right now."