Opinion - At 30, E-Rate is a proven success. Let’s keep improving it.

The E-Rate program has provided nearly every American with access to high-speed internet through public libraries and schools ...
The Journal

Senate Votes to Rescind E-Rate Program Funding Loaner WiFi Hotspots for Schools and Libraries

The United States Senate has passed a joint resolution to overturn "Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program," a July 2024 expansion to the FCC's E-Rate program that allowed schools and ...
Government Technology

What’s New in Digital Equity: FCC Limits Scope of E-Rate

The FCC announced a change to the E-rate program on Tuesday. The commission issued a ruling rescinding E-rate program funding coverage for Wi-Fi service on school buses or off campus through schools ...

Since E-rate expansion cuts, schools make difficult choices on hotspots

After the FCC pulled back coverage for school bus Wi-Fi and hotspots, K-12 leaders are scrambling to connect students without ...
EdSurge

Wi-Fi Hot Spot Lending Program Scrapped, Leaving Libraries Scrambling

For the last six years, patrons of the Brown County Public Library, nestled in rural Ohio, checked out portable Wi-Fi hot spots in droves. The 60 hot spots circulated more than 1,300 times a year, ...
Publishers Weekly

SCOTUS Mandates Opt-Outs on LGBTQ+ Books in Schools, Funding for E-Rate Program

Wrapping up a hurly-burly session, the U.S. Supreme Court today announced two decisions that influence the book industry and the availability of library resources. In Tamer Mahmoud et al. v. Thomas W.