FCC Chairman Ajit Pai (Gage Skidmore)
Share Dec 18, 2020 | EDSCOOP
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday rejected a call from educators to limit access to one of its broadband services to educational institutions.
Education groups including the Consortium for School Networking, the State Educational Technology Directors Association, the Nebraska Department of Education and the Council of Chief State School Officers submitted a joint request to the FCC last year that the agency not allow non-educational institutions to use the Educational Broadband Service a chunk wireless spectrum controlled by the FCC that has been historically reserved for educational institutions, such as schools and libraries.