FCC Committing Nearly $183 Million In Emergency Connectivity Funding

The Federal Communications Commission is committing nearly $183 million in new funding rounds through the Emergency Connectivity Program (ECP), which provides digital services for students in communities across the country. The funding commitments support applications from all three application windows, benefiting approximately 470,000 students across the country, including students in Alabama, Florida, Maryland, New York, Texas, and Washington. The funding can be used to support off-campus learning, such as nightly homework, to ensure students across the country have the necessary support to keep up with their education. To date, the program has provided support to over 10,000 schools, 900 libraries, and 100 consortia, providing approximately 12 million connected devices and 8 million broadband connections. Of the funding commitments approved to date, approximately $4.1 billion in supporting applications from Window 1; $833 million from Window 2; and $1.3 billion from Window 3.