Modernization of the Schools and Libraries “E-Rate” Program
broadband · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2014-08-19 · Effective 2014-09-18 · 79 FR 49160
Document
Document number
2014-18937
Federal Register citation
79 FR 49160
CFR reference
47 CFR 54
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
broadband
Publication date
2014-08-19
Effective date
2014-09-18
FCC docket
WC Docket No. 13-184
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) takes major steps to modernize the E-rate program (more formally known as the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism). Building on the comments the Commission received in response to the E-rate Modernization NPRM, and the E-rate Modernization Public Notice, as well as recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the program improvements the Commission adopts as part of this document begin the process of reorienting the E- rate program to focus on high-speed broadband for our nation's schools and libraries.