The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has launched a campaign aimed at encouraging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase funding for the E-rate. ISTE is urging all “ISTE members, educators, parents, and students across the country to tweet directly to @FCC using this new hashtag: #RaiseTheErateCap.” Advocates are encouraged to tell FCC Commissioners “how important broadband and digital learning is for your students.” At the ISTE Conference, which opens this weekend, members will be able to sign a petition urging the FCC to increase funding for the E-Rate program. The petition will be at the ISTE Advocacy Network Booth. This activity is in response to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s release of the details of his plan to modernize the E-rate, which predictably did not include any funding increase. The FCC will meet on July 11 to vote on a Report and Order to modernize the E-rate. Chairman Wheeler has been signaling all along that he was not inclined toward increasing E-Rate funding at this point, despite numerous calls for an increase from advocates and comments received in response to its NPRM. The proposal that the FCC will vote on instead focus on making the existing E-Rate dollars [...]
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