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Do you have any links about this FCC ruling and school districts? I'm intrigued.
by callmeed 11y ago
Do you have any links about this FCC ruling and school districts? I'm intrigued.
- jcurbo 11y agoI was interested too (as a former school IT admin), a little googling turned up this: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/01/37erate.h33.html http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/01/37erate.h33.htm... E-Rate is a major funding source for school Internet connections and is ran by the FCC. The sidebar on that article says: "Phases out support for some non-broadband services, such as voice services; and eliminates support for others, such as email, Web-hosting, paging, and components of telephone service such as text-messaging and directory assistance." I'm guessing it relates to that "web-hosting" bit.
- camworld 11y agoYes, that is exactly right. Public school districts can no longer use E-Rate (federal money) funds to pay for web site hosting or web site management systems. The FCC decided to re-allocate $5 billion in E-Rate funds for a 5-year wifi roll-out plan for all public school districts. You can read more about the FCC's E-Rate Modernization Order :https://www.fcc.gov/page/summary-second-e-rate-modernization-order https://www.fcc.gov/page/summary-second-e-rate-modernization...