Roughly 170,000 students across the U.S. will benefit from the more than $81 million in emergency connectivity funding announced this week by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The funding, dispersed through the Emergency Connectivity Program, will support more than 300 schools, 25 libraries and two consortia in Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Washington and the District of Columbia.
“With students heading back to classrooms this fall, we need to make sure all our kids can connect with teachers and homework assignments when school ends for the day,” said Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “This latest round of funding will help make that happen, and bring us closer to closing the Homework Gap.”
