FCC's E-Rate Proposal Would 'Spread the Wealth'
Schools and districts in highly impoverished communities that have been getting first crack at federal E-rate discounts for wiring classrooms and building telecommunications networks may have to share more of that aid with schools that are not quite as poor, under a proposal by the Federal Communications Commission.
The FCC, which designs the rules governing how the federal "education rate" program operates, is considering changing the formula for awarding the discounts, which range from 20 percent to 90 percent. "[The FCC is] trying to spread the wealth," said Norris Dickard, a senior associate at the Washington- based Benton Foundation who heads...
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