South Carolina H 3012: Schools and school districts; should utilize the education rate program of the Federal Communications Commission (E-Rate)

Bill Text

South Carolina General Assembly

123rd Session, 2019-2020



H. 3012



STATUS INFORMATION



Concurrent Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. McDaniel, S. Williams, Moore, Brawley and Gilliard

Document Path: l:\council\bills\nl\13777sd19.docx



Introduced in the House on January 8, 2019

Introduced in the Senate on January 24, 2019

Adopted by the General Assembly on May 7, 2019



Summary: Schools and school districts; should utilize the education rate program of the Federal Communications Commission (E-Rate)





HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS



	Date	Body	Action Description with journal page number	

	12/18/2018	House	Prefiled

	12/18/2018	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

	1/8/2019	House	Introduced (House Journal‑page 52)

	1/8/2019	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal‑page 52)

	1/17/2019	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Moore, Brawley

	1/22/2019	House	Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal‑page 41)

	1/23/2019	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard

	1/23/2019	House	Adopted, sent to Senate (House Journal‑page 21)

	1/24/2019	Senate	Introduced (Senate Journal‑page 18)

	1/24/2019	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education (Senate Journal‑page 18)

	5/2/2019	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Education (Senate Journal‑page 5)

	5/7/2019	Senate	Adopted, returned to House with concurrence (Senate Journal‑page 177)



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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL



12/18/2018

1/22/2019

5/2/2019





RECALLED

May 2, 2019



	H. 3012



Introduced by Reps. McDaniel, S. Williams, Moore, Brawley and Gilliard



S. Printed 5/2/19--S.

Read the first time January 24, 2019.

            





















A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION



TO EXPRESS THE BELIEF OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT THE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THIS STATE SHOULD UTILIZE THE EDUCATION RATE PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (E‑RATE) ESTABLISHED BY THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 WHICH PROVIDES DISCOUNTS ON INTERNET ACCESS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH HIGHER POVERTY LEVELS IN THEIR STUDENT POPULATION THAT WOULD BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THESE STUDENTS.



Whereas, the Education Rate program, more commonly known as E‑Rate, was established by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and began monetary distribution in 1998; and 



Whereas, E‑Rate is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and is administered by the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administration Company; and



Whereas, The E‑Rate program was established to aid schools and libraries in obtaining affordable telecommunication and internet services by offering discounts on these services; and



Whereas, funding may be requested in two separate categories of service: category 1, telecommunications and internet access and category 2, internet connections and basic maintenance of internal connections; and



Whereas, the discount percentage for the applicant is based on poverty and location of the population served by the school or library; and 



Whereas, the E‑Rate program, if utilized by our schools and school districts, would be a great benefit to the student population of South Carolina.  Now, therefore, 



Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:



That the members of the General Assembly express their belief that the schools and school districts of this State should utilize the Education Rate Program of the Federal Communications Commission (E‑Rate) established by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which provides discounts on internet access and telecommunications services for schools and school districts with higher poverty levels in their student population that would be of great benefit to these students.



Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the South Carolina School Boards Association for Dissemination for its members.

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