FCC Offers E-Rate Aid to Hurricane-Affected Schools
A recent order issued by the Federal Communications Commission seeks to help hundreds of schools affected by Hurricane Katrina restore their telecommunications through the federal E-rate program.
The Oct. 14 order, which put into effect a promise the agency made in September, also gives special help to schools that have taken in students displaced from Katrina-affected areas.
Schools directly affected by Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in late August, will be granted a 90 percent discount on requests for “internal connections,” referring to the wiring and computer equipment that provide the Internet and networked communications in schools and classrooms. The special rate will cover requests for the 2005 funding year, which runs through next June, and for...
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