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Billions of Dollars for Ed Tech in Schools Are Now in Jeopardy. Here’s Why
A federal appeals court ruling has put the funding mechanism for the nearly 30-year-old E-rate program in legal jeopardy.
It’s hard to overstate the importance of the E-rate—the largest federal investment in education technology—to teaching, learning, and basic school operations, said Doug Levin, the co-founder and national director of the K12 Security Information Exchange. To keep the money flowing, Congress would need to enact legislation creating a nearly $9 billion program to cover all the services paid for under the USF—plus allocate those dollars through a separate process for passing spending bills. “We have to be realistic about the politics, and the willingness and ability of Congress to pay for a program that it authorized since 1996 but hasn’t paid a single dime for since then,” said Noelle Ellerson Ng, the associate executive director of AASA.
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