Legislators must act quickly: March 27 is the federal deadline for rural school districts to apply for funding that pays for nine in every 10 dollars of their internet bills.
The voting board in the Alaska House of Representatives shows the final tally for House Bill 193 on Thursday morning, March 21, 2024. , which offers rural schools as much as $39.4 million in state aid to match federal dollars intended to improve their internet service.
“No. 1, we don’t have much time left. We have seven days until there’s an absolutely hard stop,” Edgmon said late Wednesday night. Rep. Thomas Baker, R-Kotzebue, said that in some of the schools he represents, it might take 15 minutes to open a Wikipedia page, and that some administrators have to cut internet to parts of their school building to ensure that there’s enough bandwidth for other students.
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