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No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr asked for a review of the E-Rate program, which helps many public schools and libraries, and some private schools, pay monthly internet bills.

Many schools rely on consumer fees funneled through the federal government to cut internet costs. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called for ending this program before Donald Trump tapped him for the job.

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