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Every Child Connected Act

Introduced: April 27, 2021 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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Apr 27, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 27, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Every Child Connected Act

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modify the E-rate program, which allots broadband discounts to schools and libraries.

Specifically, the FCC must modify the program to (1) expand the eligible activities that qualify as being for educational purposes, (2) deem certain households in which students are participating in distance learning and are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals to be classrooms, and (3) provide that a school's eligibility shall not be diminished if it extends services obtained through the program to households with a child who is eligible for free or reduced-price school meals.

What's happening now April 27, 2021

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

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