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When He’s Not Busy Censoring Comedians, Brendan Carr Is Eliminating Free Wi-Fi For Poor Rural School Kids
School bus internet, library Wi-Fi lending could end with FCC vote
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The FCC is expected to end a Biden-era rule change that allowed nearly 200,000 schools and libraries to loan out Wi-Fi hotspot devices.
By Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY
It could soon be harder for students to access the internet on school buses and for the public to borrow mobile internet hotspots from libraries.
In a Sept. 23 letter, a coalition of school and library advocacy groups urged the Federal Communications Commission to protect the programs that have allowed schools and libraries to lend out hotspot devices.
“One in five households in our country still do not have access to reliable home broadband. Hotspots are not a permanent fix, but they’ll make sure students, jobseekers, veterans and seniors don’t get left behind,” American Library Association President Sam Helmick said in a statement provided to USA TODAY.
The FCC is scheduled to vote at its Sept. 30 meeting to undo a 2024 rule change made by the Biden administration that allowed schools and libraries to lend out hotspots and provide Wi-Fi on buses as part of the existing E-Rate program, which allows schools and libraries to obtain affordable broadband.
When schools and businesses were closed during the pandemic, Congress allocated $123 million to the FCC to purchase hotspots for schools and libraries. The Biden FCC vote in 2024 came after authority to spend that money ended.
Schools and libraries in every state have already had contracts approved and money has already been spent. In fiscal year 2025, which ends Sept. 30, schools and districts requested a total of $27.5 million for Wi-Fi hotspots.
According to a Sept. 3 FCC news release, the company that runs the program, called E-Rate, would be ordered to “deny pending funding year 2025 requests for E-Rate funding for the off-premises use of Wi-Fi hotspots and Wi-Fi on school buses as these services will be determined to be ineligible.”
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#Kagan writes: "Under our #nondelegation precedents, #Congress sufficiently guided & constrained the discretion that it lodged with the #FCC to implement the universal-service contribution scheme. And the FCC, in turn, has retained all decision-making authority within that sphere, relying on the ‘corporation’ only for nonbinding advice. Nothing in those arrangements, either separately or together, violates the Constitution."
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The next opinion is #FCC v. Consumers' Research [anti-woke folk]
It is by Justice #Kagan, & the vote is 6-3 again. #Gorsuch dissents, joined by #ClarenceThomas & #Alito.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-354_0861.pdf
It holds that neither #Congress's delegation of #power to the FCC or the FCC's delegation of power to the private corporation violated a theory known as the #nondelegation doctrine.
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#Schools May Get Relief From Overcharges After #SupremeCourt Ruling on #ERate
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Supreme Court To Review Legality Of FCC-Managed Universal Service Fund by MSN (23 Nov 2024)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-to-review-legality-of-fcc-managed-universal-service-fund/ar-AA1uCoUx
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What K-12 IT Leaders Need to Know About the Proposed Expansion of E-Rate Eligible Services -- THE Journal
FCC E-rate Change Would Be Huge Boost to Districts' Cybersecurity Funding, Efforts -- THE Journal https://thejournal.com/articles/2023/02/02/fcc-erate-change-could-give-huge-boost-to-districts-cybersecurity-efforts.aspx #erate #security #technology #schools #cybersecurity #education #k12 #edtech @edtech
The #FCC is considering the addition of #cybersecurity services to #ERate, the program that provides discounted/free #broadband connectivity and infrastructure to educational institutions. Specifically, the proposal would add "advanced or next-generation firewalls and services, as well as other network security services,” to its eligible services list. This is a critical enhancement to the program and I encourage anyone who agrees to send a message of support during the public comment period, due by Feb. 13. More info here:
https://thejournal.com/articles/2022/12/15/fcc-invites-comments-on-proposals-to-add-cybersecurity-services-to-erate-program.aspx?s=the_it_151222&oly_enc_id=4291J6399167D6I
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