The FCC is committing over $24 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Program, which provides digital services for students in communities across the country. The money will benefit approximately 50,000 students, including students in Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin.
“We need all our students to have access to digital tools for connecting with teachers and keeping up with homework assignments,” said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “This program continues to make progress in our ongoing work to close the Homework Gap.”
The funding will support over 140 schools and eight libraries. It can be used to support off-campus learning, such as nightly homework, to ensure students have the necessary support to keep up with their education.
To date, the program has provided nearly $6.6 billion to support approximately 11,000 schools and 1,000 libraries. That includes providing nearly 13 million connected devices and over eight million broadband connections.
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