The Honorable Nancy Pelosi The Honorable Mitch McConnell
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Majority Leader
U.S. Senate
Washington D.C. 20510
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy
Minority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Charles Schumer
Minority Leader
U.S. Senate
Washington D.C. 20510
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader McCarthy, and Minority Leader
Schumer,
The 1,900 plus individuals below write in strong support of legislation drafted by the Schools, Health &
Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, the State E-rate Coordinators¡¯ Alliance (SECA), and Funds for
Learning to provide funding to connect students, teachers and adult learners to high-speed Internet
access services. We are very concerned that schools and libraries will not be able to return to full
operation in the fall, and many students, teachers and adult learners will need immediate financial
assistance to access broadband connectivity at home to engage in on-line learning.
Our proposed ¡°Remote Learning During COVID-19 Act¡± appropriates $5.25 billion to a separate
emergency fund to be administered by the Federal Communications Commission to connect students,
teachers and library patrons to broadband at home. This bill reflects the new reality that the traditional
classroom model has had to shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to keep
students and teachers safe and healthy. This initiative is backed up by NCES and GAO data and other
research conducted by Funds for Learning, which calculates that $5.25 billion is needed to ensure that
the 7 million families that cannot afford broadband internet access are able to do so.
Our proposed bill builds on the good legislation introduced by Rep. Grace Meng (H.R. 6563) and Senator
Ed Markey (S. 3690) and would strengthen those bills in the following ways:
1) It provides one-time emergency funding of $5.25 billion to the FCC for the creation of a separate
remote learning initiative;
2) It provides funding for home broadband service, broadband network equipment, end-user
devices (such as laptops or tablets);
3) It provides funding for cybersecurity so that schools and libraries can protect their networks
against ransomware and cyberattacks, which have been on the increase;
4) It ensures that all broadband providers are eligible to participate (provider-neutral);
5) It explicitly allows schools and libraries to extend their existing networks to serve the
surrounding community (including for backhaul) without jeopardizing their existing universal
service funding;
6) It directs the FCC to set funding caps for each school district (or independent school) and library
to ensure fiscal integrity and so that schools and libraries know how much funding is available
for their planning purposes;
7)
It allows expenditures back to the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency declaration;
8) It streamlines and expedites the review and approval process so that schools and libraries can
receive their funding soon after the bill¡¯s passage and can implement online instruction and
learning in the fall.
We urge you to incorporate the provisions from the ¡°Remote Learning During COVID-19 Act¡± in the next
Coronavirus relief legislation and to enact this legislation this summer.
Sincerely,
Debra M. Kriete, Chair
State E-rate Coordinators¡¯
Alliance (SECA)
Mechanicsburg, PA
John Harrington, CEO
Funds for Learning
Edmond, OK
John Windhausen, Jr.,
Executive Director
Schools, Health & Libraries
Broadband (SHLB) Coalition
Washington, DC
Public Interest Groups & Associations
Joann
Womack
Technology
Coordinator/Integrationist
South Central Service
Cooperative
Camden
AR
Allen
Dunn
Technology Coordinator
Monticello
AR
Andrea
Bennett
Executive Director
Sacramento
CA
Don
Means
Director
Sausalito
CA
Mark
Miller
Executive Director
Southeast Arkansas
Education Service
Cooperative
California IT in
Education
Gigabit Libraries
Network
San Carlos
CA
Mariel
Triggs
CEO
MuralNet
Oakland
CA
Marijke
Visser
DC
Calabrese
Washington
DC
Jenna
Leventoff
Senior Policy Counsel
American Library
Association
Open Technology
Institute at New
America
Public Knowledge
Washington
Michael
Associate Director and Senior
Policy Advocate
Director, Wireless Future
Program
Washington
DC
John
Windhausen
Executive Director
SHLB Coalition
Washington
DC
Timothy
Cherubini
Executive Director
Chief Officers of State
Library Agencies
Algiers Charter School
Association Inc
Educators For Quality
Alternatives
Louisiana Resource
Center for Educators
(LRCE)
Massachusetts
Computer Using
Educators - MassCUE
Lexington
KY
Renae'
Montegut
CFO
New Orleans
LA
Shane
Colman
Operations Director
New Orleans
LA
Kyle
Finke
Executive Director
Baton Rouge
LA
Tracy
Sockalosky
Chairman Of Influence And
Advocacy Committee, Masscue
Bedford
MA
Annamaria
Schrimpf
President METAA
Massachusetts
Educational Technology
Administrators
Association (METAA)
Grahamtastic
Connection
North Carolina Rural
Center
Children's Home
Framingham
MA
Leslie
Morissette
Executive Director
Springvale
ME
Patrick
Woodie
President
Raleigh
NC
Jill
Smith
Superintendent/Director
Cincinnati
OH
Angela
Siefer
Executive Director
National Digital
Inclusion Alliance
Southwest Ohio
Computer Association
Allies for Children
Columbus
OH
Donna
Davis
Executive Director
Hamilton
OH
Jamie
Baxter
Education Policy Director
Pittsburgh
PA
Pansy
LambertKnowles
Director Of Data & Reporting
ASPIRA, Inc of
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
PA
Geoff
Craven
Executive Director
West Milton
PA
Sara
Frey
Educational Consultation
Harrisburg
PA
John
George
Executive Director
Enola
PA
Christi
Buker
Executive Director
Mechanicsburg
PA
Anneliese
Martinez
Field Director
National Association of
Media and Technology
Centers (NAMTC)
PaTTAN (PA Training &
Technical Assistance
Network)
Pennsylvania
Association of
Intermediate Units
Pennsylvania Library
Association
Remake Learning
Pittsburgh
PA
Pamela
Weston
Vice President
Sweetwater
TN
Casey
Ritchie
Chief Technology Officer
Midland
TX
Chuck
Kirby
Vice President Of Broadband
Programs
Progressive Rural
Overhill Women for
Democracy
Region 18 Education
Service Center
Center for Innovative
Technology
Herndon
VA
Jennifer
Leasure
President and CEO
Quilt
Seattle
WA
Spencer
Bonnie
Executive Director
Achieve Brown County
Green Bay
WI
Tatjana
Bicanin
Executive Director
Building Our Future
Kenosha County
Kenosha
WI
Danae
Davis
Executive Director
Milwaukee Succeeds
Milwaukee
WI
Sara
Gold
Community Liaison
WiLS
Madison
WI
Educators
Lori
Zirlott
Chief School Financial Officer
Board of School
Commissioners of
Mobile County
Mobile
AL
Juan
Cepero
District Technology Coordinator
Dale County Board of
Education
Ozark
AL
Stacey
Gray
Technology Director
Etowah County Board of
Education
Gadsden
AL
David
Akridge
Chief Information Officer
Mobile County Public
Schools
Mobile
AL
Michele
Collier
Technology Coordinator
Mobile
AL
Stacy
Royster
Director Of Technology
Mobile County Public
Schools
Opelika City Schools
Opelika
AL
Denton
Thompson
E-rate Coordinator
Alma School District
Alma
AR
Andy
Martin
Technology Director
Cabot
AR
Joel
Dean
Technology Coordinator
Cabot Public School
District
Conway Public Schools
Conway
AR
Taylor
Gattis
Superintendent
Branch
AR
Bailey
Cotton
Director Of Technology
County Line School
District
Huntsville School
District
Huntsville
AR
Rick
MacAfee
Superintendent
Nevada School District
Rosston
AR
David
Pilgrim
Technology Coordinator
Ozark Mountain School
District
Saint Joe
AR
Nathan
Cline
Technology Coordinator
Ozarks Unlimited
Resources Educational
Service Cooperative
Harrison
AR
Shawn
Witt
CIO
Prairie Grove School
District
Prairie Grove
AR
David
Griffis
Director Of Information
Technology
Casa Grande Union High
School District
Casa Grande
AZ
Angelica
Lucero
Business Manager
Patagonia Union High
School
Patagonia
AZ
Stephen
Saint-Coeur
IT Director
Rio Rico
AZ
Amy
West
Director Of Network Systems
Santa Cruz Valley
Unified School District
No. 35
Thatcher Unified School
District #4
Thatcher
AZ
David
Griffis
Director Of Information
Technology
Toltec School District
Eloy
AZ
Ian
Byerrum
Technology Coordinator
Ackerman Charter
School District
Auburn
CA
Susan
Yu
Executive Secretary
Alhambra Unified
School District
Alhambra
CA
Kimberly
Morinaka
Teacher
Alhambra Unified
School District
Alhambra
CA
Jose
Castro
Computer Technician
Alhambra Unified
School District
Alhambra
CA
Maynor
Garcia
VP of Technology
Alliance College-Ready
Public Schools
Los Angeles
CA
Lutfi
Escheik
Director Of Technology
Alview-Dairyland Union
School District
Chowchilla
CA
Erik
Greenwood
Chief Technology Officer
Anaheim Union High
School District
Anaheim
CA
Brad
Minami
Director, Purchasing And
Central Services
Anaheim Union High
School District
Anaheim
CA
Brian
Anderson
Project Manager
Arcadia Unified School
District
Arcadia
CA
Lisa
Taylor
Site Director/Principal
Fresno
CA
Raul
Trejo
Assistant Site Director
Aspen Meadow Public
School
Aspen Public Schools
Fresno
CA
Sarah
Crantz
Director Of Special Education
Aspen Public Schools
Fresno
CA
Shelly
Lether
Executive Director
Aspen Public Schools
Fresno
CA
Michael
Lee
Operations Director
Aspen Public Schools
Fresno
CA
Hilary
Witts
Director Of Summit Learning
Aspen Public Schools
Fresno
CA
Jeanine
Hawk
CFO
Aspire Public Schools
Oakland
CA
Joe
Regueiro
Director Of Technology
Aspire Public Schools
Oakland
CA
Douglas
Rauda
Network Analyst
Azusa
CA
Rick
Hassler
Chief Technology Officer
Azusa Unified School
District
Baldwin Park Unified
School District
Baldwin Park
CA
Manuel
Sanchez
IT Infrastructure Systems
Manager
Baldwin Park Unified
School District
Baldwin Park
CA
Kerrie
Dennis
Network Technician I
Baldwin Park Unified
School District
Baldwin Park
CA
Mac
Patel
Director of IT
Banning Unified School
District
Banning
CA
Gabriel
Rivera
Director, Technology
Bassett Unified School
District
La Puente
CA
Jonnell
Sanchez
Personnel Analyst
Bassett Unified School
District
La Puente
CA
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