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Spencer Hollers works to equip Southside Independent School District buses with wifi on Aug. 13, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas. Southside will begin the year with remote teaching and will place the wifi-equipped buses around the school district to help students without access to the internet.
Spencer Hollers works to equip Southside Independent School District buses with Wi-Fi on Aug. 13, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas. Wi-Fi on school buses became E-rate-eligible in 2023 under the Biden administration, but in 2025 the Trump administration's FCC removed the service from the E-rate eligible services list.
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Ed-Tech Policy After FCC Cuts, This Nonprofit Keeps Schools鈥� Wi-Fi Connections Alive
Mission Telecom said it hopes other service providers follow its lead.
Lauraine Langreo, November 5, 2025
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The computer lab is adjacent to the multi-purpose room with the Wifi dead spot on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 in Greensboro, N.C.
The computer lab is adjacent to the multi-purpose room with the Wifi dead spot on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in Greensboro, N.C. The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27, 2025, upheld the federal government鈥檚 long-running program that helps provide low-cost internet services to public institutions such as schools and libraries.
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Law & Courts Supreme Court Upholds School E-Rate Program
The justices weighed a constitutional challenge to the funding mechanism for the $4 billion E-rate program for school internet projects.
Mark Walsh, June 27, 2025
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People walk past the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2025.
People walk past the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on June 25. The court on June 27 is expected to issue the last merits rulings of the term, including in several pending education cases.
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Law & Courts Supreme Court to Rule on Major K-12 Education Cases Friday
The U.S. Supreme Court will issue its last opinions of the term, including on religious parents opting their children out of the curriculum
Mark Walsh, June 26, 2025
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The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024.
The U.S. Supreme Court considers a major challenge to the E-rate program for school internet connections on March 26.
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Law & Courts Supreme Court Appears Unlikely to Strike Down School E-Rate Program
The Supreme Court seems unlikely to strike down the E-rate program, though some justices questioned its funding structure and oversight.
Mark Walsh, March 26, 2025
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The Supreme Court of the United States is seen on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington.
The U.S. Supreme Court, seen on Feb. 27, next week will hear arguments in a challenge to the funding structure of the $4 billion federal E-rate program, which provides discounts to schools to connect to the internet.
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Law & Courts Schools Fear Funding Loss as Supreme Court Weighs E-Rate Case
The justices hear arguments next week in a challenge to the funding structure of the $4 billion program to connect schools to the internet.
Mark Walsh, March 20, 2025
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The Supreme Court building is seen on June 13, 2024, in Washington.
The U.S. Supreme Court, seen here on June 13, 2024, on Feb. 21 issued a ruling that means private whistleblowers may pursue lawsuits alleging fraud under the federal E-rate program that provides internet connections to schools.
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Law & Courts Schools May Get Relief From Overcharges After Supreme Court Ruling on E-Rate
The ruling potentially bolsters schools that have been overcharged by telecommunications companies.
Mark Walsh, February 21, 2025
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5 min read
Image of students using laptops in the classroom.
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Arianna Prothero & Lauraine Langreo, January 2, 2025
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Privacy & Security Districts Flood FCC With Requests for New Cybersecurity Funds
The demand comes as the education sector's risk for cyberattacks continues to rise.
Lauraine Langreo, December 3, 2024
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Law & Courts Billions of School Tech Dollars At Risk as Supreme Court Takes Up E-Rate Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a lower-court decision that struck down the funding mechanism for the E-rate school internet program.
Mark Walsh, November 22, 2024
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Image of students working on a computer.
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Law & Courts Supreme Court Weighs High-Stakes Fraud Issue for E-Rate Program
The justices appear to lean toward a ruling that could help keep schools from being overcharged by telecommunications companies.
Mark Walsh, November 4, 2024
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon, April 19, 2023, in Washington.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon, April 19, 2023, in Washington.
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Law & Courts What's Ahead for Education This Supreme Court Term? Trans Rights, E-Rate, and More
The justices have one major case on transgender medical care on their docket and others pending on gender-identity issues in schools.
Mark Walsh, October 4, 2024
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FILE - The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington, June 20, 2019. In the coming days, the Supreme Court will confront a perfect storm mostly of its own making, a trio of decisions stemming directly from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court鈥攕hown here in June 2019鈥攖o reinstate a funding mechanism that distributes $2 billion annually for the E-rate program that supports internet connectivity in schools and libraries. A federal appeals court ruled that the mechanism was unconstitutional in July.
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Law & Courts Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Spare Huge E-Rate Funding Source
A lower court ruling has jeopardized more than $2 billion in annual funding for internet connectivity for schools and libraries.
Mark Walsh, October 1, 2024
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Photograph of a young girl reading, wearing headphones and working at her desk at home with laptop near by.
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Ed-Tech Policy E-Rate Is in Legal Jeopardy. Here鈥檚 What Schools Stand to Lose
The FCC released a fact sheet about how the E-rate helps schools in response to a court ruling that threatens the program's funding.
Lauraine Langreo, August 14, 2024
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