- by kmeaney@marketresearch.com
- June 4 2015
- federal funding
- broadband
- wireless
- connectivity
E-Rate Requests Down for FY 2015
From Electronic Education Report, May 22,2015
The demand for E-Rate funding for the year running July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2106 is $3.92 billion, down almost $900 million from fiscal year 2014. That estimate came in May from the Universal Service Administrative Co., the administrative arm of the Federal Communications Commission, which oversees E-Rate.
Early indications are that the FCC will be able to fully fund, or come close to fully funding, the 48,404 applications filed for fiscal 2015. ...
- by kmeaney@marketresearch.com
- April 13 2015
- federal funding
- Title I
- ESEA reauthorization
Districts Benefit from Title I Bump
From Electronic Education Report, April 10, 2015
Funding for Title I, the largest elementary and secondary education program that funds support for low-achieving children especially in high-poverty schools, climbed in fiscal year 2014, ended Sept. 30, 2014, to $14.38 billion, up from $13.76 billion in fiscal 2013 when sequester budget cuts took effect.
The 50 school districts that receive the largest Title I allocations were scheduled to receive $3.67 billion of the grants allocated to local...
- by kmeaney@marketresearch.com
- January 6 2014
- federal funding
- educational technology
- Race to the Top
- project-based learning
- dual degrees
District RTT Awards $120 Million to Five Winners
From Electronic Education Report , January 3, 2014
The Department of Education in December awarded $120 million to five grantees in the second round of its district-level Race to the Top competition. The winners are:
Clarendon County School District Two (consortium of four rural districts), South Carolina, $25 million; Clarksdale Municipal School District, Mississippi, $10 million; Houston Independent School District, Texas, $30 million; Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (consortium ...
