E-Rate is a major funding source for school Internet connections and is ran by the FCC. The sidebar on that article says:
"Phases out support for some non-broadband services, such as voice services; and eliminates support for others, such as email, Web-hosting, paging, and components of telephone service such as text-messaging and directory assistance."
I'm guessing it relates to that "web-hosting" bit.
Yes, that is exactly right. Public school districts can no longer use E-Rate (federal money) funds to pay for web site hosting or web site management systems. The FCC decided to re-allocate $5 billion in E-Rate funds for a 5-year wifi roll-out plan for all public school districts.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/01/37erate.h33.htm...
E-Rate is a major funding source for school Internet connections and is ran by the FCC. The sidebar on that article says:
"Phases out support for some non-broadband services, such as voice services; and eliminates support for others, such as email, Web-hosting, paging, and components of telephone service such as text-messaging and directory assistance."
I'm guessing it relates to that "web-hosting" bit.