Education Groups Urge FCC to Drop Questions About Ending E-Rate
Coalition argues FCC lacks authority to terminate or narrow school and library broadband subsidies
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2026 – Education and library groups have urged the Federal Communications Commission to strip from a draft rulemaking any suggestion that the E-Rate program could be terminated or narrowed.
The FCC “does not maintain the requisite statutory authority to terminate or limit the E-Rate program,” a coalition of groups led by the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition argued in an ex parte filing Tuesday.
