[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-fcc-moves-to-gut-2b-school-internet-program":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},2267,"fcc-moves-to-gut-2b-school-internet-program","FCC Moves to Gut $2B School Internet Program","FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is proposing to scale back or eliminate E-Rate, citing student screen time concerns.","The FCC is considering killing a $2 billion annual program that funds internet access for schools and libraries.\n\nFCC Chairman Brendan Carr pushed through a 2-1 vote to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking targeting E-Rate, a Universal Service Fund program that has for decades subsidized telecom services and equipment for educational institutions. Carr's stated rationale: students have too much screen time. \"Over the last decade, school districts across the country experimented with a massive increase in screen time for students,\" he said at the meeting. The NPRM opens a public comment period before any final rule change.\n\nE-Rate is one of the few federal programs with a direct, measurable impact on connectivity gaps between wealthy and low-income districts. Cutting or scaling it back would disproportionately hit schools that cannot afford to fund broadband access on their own — which is most of them. The screen time framing is worth noting: it re-casts an infrastructure subsidy as a parenting issue, which is a useful rhetorical move if you want to eliminate a program without sounding like you oppose education.\n\nThe vote drew immediate criticism, and the 2-1 split signals the decision is not a consensus view even within the commission itself.","[\"policy\",\"broadband\",\"education\",\"fcc\"]","2026-06-25T20:01:08.000Z","2026-06-25T23:24:38.911Z","2026-06-27T15:37:43.765Z","published",null,[],"policy",[24,26,27,28],"broadband","education","fcc",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"Ars Technica","https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Ftech-policy\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Ffcc-may-kill-2b-program-that-connects-schools-and-libraries-to-internet\u002F",0,{"sections":35},[36,41,46,51,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,89,94,99],{"name":37,"slug":38,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI","ai",2590,"2026-07-16T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":43,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"Security","security",294,"2026-07-15T19:59:48.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":24,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"Policy",158,"2026-07-16T00:02:48.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Hardware","hardware",122,"2026-07-14T19:46:26.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",93,"2026-07-13T13:20:48.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":67,"count":68,"latest_published_at":69},"Software","software",70,"2026-07-13T19:52:25.000Z",{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Science","science",66,"2026-07-10T10:29:37.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",59,"2026-07-07T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":83,"latest_published_at":88},"Startups","startups","2026-06-29T20:55:50.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"General","general",29,"2026-07-10T22:28:58.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]