Ed Advocates Lobby Rosenworcel, Starks on ECF
Education advocates asked FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Geoffrey Starks to mirror the E-rate category II funding mechanism for the emergency connectivity fund, said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 21-93 (see 2104060042). The Consortium for School Networking,…
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International Society for Technology in Education, State Educational Technology Directors Association and Software & Information Industry Association participated. Some asked the commission to consider allowing reimbursements for services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several proposed defining broadband as 25/12 Mbps and expressed concern that "some service providers were failing to connect or providing inadequate bandwidth to student homes after internet service contracts had been signed." Commissioners may vote on ECF rules in mid-May (see 2104140041).