{"id":24669,"date":"2020-05-13T16:22:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T23:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=24669"},"modified":"2020-05-13T16:22:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T23:22:55","slug":"dems-push-for-college-internet-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=24669","title":{"rendered":"DEMS PUSH FOR COLLEGE INTERNET ACCESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats in both chambers introduced legislation on Wednesday aimed at ensuring that all college students have internet access amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Supporting Connectivity for Higher Education Students in Need Act allocates $1 billion for a fund at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration targeted for students lacking internet access.<\/p>\n<p>The funding would be used directly for internet connections as well as equipment like hot spots and Wi-Fi enabled devices.<\/p>\n<p>Schools receiving funding would be required to prioritize students eligible for financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who is leading the bill&#8217;s introduction in the Senate, said in a statement that &#8220;ensuring college and university students have access to high-speed internet is critical&#8221; during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Klobuchar was joined by Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) in introducing the Senate bill.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Reps. Anna Eshoo (Calif.), Doris Matsui (Calif.), G.K. Butterfield (N.C.), Marcia Fudge (Ohio), Joaquin Castro (Texas), Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.) and Alma Adams (N.C.) introduced the House companion legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats in both chambers introduced legislation&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-science-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24670,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669\/revisions\/24670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}