$50B education bill to include $2B for wireless and 5G in the name of “home learning” connectivity

This bill would include a $2 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund (of the $50Billion in emergency funding) for a massive acceleration in wireless and 5G deployment to “help efforts to educate students who are learning at home”.

And is anyone asking just where this money is coming from?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/03/house-coronavirus-bill-billions-schools-remote-learning.html

Education Week – Politics K-12
House Coronavirus Bill Would Direct Billions to Schools, Fund Remote Learning
House coronavirus stimulus legislation would direct at least $15 billion to shore up K-12 budgets, $2 billion to support remote learning for students, and more.

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