Pai Repeats Call for Congress to Grant Emergency Funding for Remote Learning
The FCC hopes to get appropriations for a remote learning initiative in response to COVID-19, Chairman Ajit Pai said in a Thursday Axios webinar. Pai said the funding would be outside E-rate "so we're not saddled" with bureaucratic restrictions that…
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cause delay. He compared it to how Congress recently granted $200 million to a COVID-19 telehealth program. He wants to streamline the remote learning program for maximum impact, he said: "We're asking Congress for permission, and we hope the discussions will be fruitful."