A bill to amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to allow counties to use certain funds to provide or expand access to broadband telecommunications services and other technologies.
Connected Rural Schools Act
This bill authorizes counties to use funds from the Secure Rural Schools Program to provide or expand access to (1) broadband services at local schools, or (2) technology and connectivity necessary for students to use digital learning tools outside of a local school campus.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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