Superintendents, Community Groups Ask FCC for Broadband in ‘Lifeline’ Program

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Superintendents, Community Groups Ask FCC for Broadband in ‘Lifeline’ Program

In separate letters to the Federal Communications Commission, nearly 200 school district leaders and a coalition of more than 140 religious, civil rights, technology and other groups have urged that the federal Lifeline program be changed so that low-income households can receive subsidies to help pay for broadband Internet connectivity, as well as telephone service.