Many schools rely on consumer fees funneled through the federal government to cut internet costs. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr ...

The commission approved a request for public comment on whether it should reconsider the 30-year program that helps schools connect to the internet.

FCC vote puts E-Rate's $2 billion school and library internet program under review, with a full shutdown unlikely but funding ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on June 25 on how it ...

Responding to an FCC notice that suggested "sunsetting" the 30-year-old E-rate program, groups like CoSN and the American ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday signaled it is unlikely to upend the federal E-rate program for school internet connections, even as some conservative justices showed sympathy for the legal ...

The Federal Communications Commission was roundly criticized today for proposing to scale back or eliminate E-Rate, a $2 billion-a-year Universal Service program that provides discounts for telecom ...

The Lawrence, Kan., school district, like many around the nation, has become reliant on the federal E-rate program for connecting schools to the internet. Two years ago, the federal program funded 80 ...

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024’s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 1st Day of Edtech, our story focuses on the E-rate program. Despite making significant technological ...

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 ...

As the program faces a federal review, attendees learned how to make their voices heard in support of preserving the program.

In a major victory for public institutions and the tech companies that support them, the U.S. Supreme Court just preserved the federal funding lifeline that underpins internet access and ...