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Weekly News Digest
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E-rate Program Gets Bigger Wi-Fi Budget
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) updated the E-rate Program to allow the addition of more Wi-Fi networks to U.S. schools and libraries. According to the FCC’s plan, which raises E-rate’s Wi-Fi budget by $2 billion, 10 million more students will have access to communication technologies for digital learning in 2015.According to the FCC’s Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the expansion of E-rate accomplishes the following three goals: 1) expanded funding for Wi-Fi networks that will be distributed across the country, with special attention paid to rural and poor districts, 2) more cost-effective spending for E-rate through improved pricing transparency, increased consortia and bulk purchasing, and the enforcement of existing rules, and 3) a streamlined and simplified E-rate application process and better program administration. Source: FCC
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