Education Stakeholders Underscore E-rate Implications in Education Act Reauthorization
The heads of the Consortium for School Networking and the State Educational Technology Directors Association want leaders of the Senate and House Education committees to ensure that any conferencing for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)…
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harmonizes with the FCC’s E-rate actions. “Federal policy plays a unique role in ensuring that all students have access to the digital learning opportunities that are driving improvements in public education nationally,” they said in a letter to the leaders. “Last year, the Federal Communications Commission wisely acted through the E-rate program to improve schools’ high capacity broadband access, including expanding wireless broadband connections to learning spaces throughout schools. The next ESEA should complement this infrastructure investment by reaffirming the overarching federal commitment to educational equity and by taking specific steps to ensure all students, teachers, and other stakeholders benefit from technology’s capacity to enhance teaching and learning.” The letter is dated Aug. 26 and was released last week.