# Modernizing the E-Rate Program for Schools and Libraries
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2019-12-20 · Effective 2020-01-21 · 84 FR 70026
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-27219
- **Category:** universal-service
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 70026
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 54
- **Publication date:** 2019-12-20
- **Effective date:** 2020-01-21
- **FCC docket:** WC Docket No. 13-184
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) makes permanent the "category two budget" approach that the Commission adopted in 2014 to fund internal connections, which are primarily used for Wi-Fi, a technology that has enabled schools and libraries to transition from computer labs to one-to-one learning.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/20/2019-27219/modernizing-the-e-rate-program-for-schools-and-libraries)
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