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

FCC vote puts E-Rate's $2 billion school and library internet program under review, with a full shutdown unlikely but funding cuts possible by 2027.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr (center), Commissioner Anna Gomez (left) and Commissioner Olivia ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the program faces a federal review, attendees learned how to make their voices heard in support of preserving the program. The E-Rate program is designed to provide connectivity to schools and ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has raided yeshivas and technology vendors in ultra-Orthodox corners of Brooklyn and Rockland County, serving search warrants as part of a sweeping fraud ...

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 ...

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 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on June 25 on how it can ensure E-Rate-funded services are advancing ...

Earlier this month, the Senate passed S.J.Res.7. The resolution, sponsored by Senator Ted Cruz, would repeal a Biden-era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule allowing E-Rate funds to subsidize ...