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S 5021 116th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Civil actions and liability Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations Telecommunication rates and fees

Every Child Connected Act

Introduced: December 15, 2020 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 15, 2020
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Every Child Connected Act

This bill modifies the E-Rate program of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by (1) expanding program eligibility to include households in which a student is participating in distance learning, (2) requiring the FCC to coordinate with the Department of Education and state and local governments to direct E-Rate support to these newly eligible households, and (3) transferring certain funds captured from Federal Trade Commission civil penalties to the E-Rate program.

What's happening now December 15, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Dec 15, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5021: Every Child Connected Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5021/
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"S. 5021: Every Child Connected Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5021/.
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S. 5021, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-5021/.
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