FCC Wireline Bureau Grants ECF Waivers to Restore Originally Requested Support
The FCC Wireline Bureau granted waivers to restore originally requested Emergency Connectivity Fund support to the West Virginia Department of Education and Toms River (New Jersey) Regional School District after both applicants voluntarily reduced their months of service, said an…
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order Wednesday in docket 21-93. The bureau also granted a waiver on its own motion to "similarly situated applicants who modified a first or second window recurring service funding request" prior to the bureau extending the service delivery date to June 30, 2023. Affected applicants have 30 days to file requests with the Universal Service Administrative Co. to "restore the voluntarily reduced months of service" in their initial funding requests. The bureau denied Wellpinit (Washington) School District 49's waiver request because it sought to "increase its support amount beyond what was previously approved and committed."