E-Rate Broadband for Schools and Libraries

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2006-07-27 — Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006: cross-connection with school-library-internet-filtering: DOPA would have added a social-networking/chat-room blocking condition to E-Rate eligibility, linking content-filtering rules to broadband subsidy eligibility. (novelty: 2)
2026-08-14 — FCC To Review E-Rate Program To Ensure Congress’s Vision: FCC issued a proposed rule/notice seeking comment on strengthening child protections on E-Rate-funded networks, revisiting its CIPA interpretation, assessing progress on affordable high-speed broadband to schools and libraries, and tightening program integrity and administrative simplification. (novelty: 3)