Groups Seek Additional ECF Funding Window

Extend by one year the June 30 service delivery deadline for the Emergency Connectivity Fund, said the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition, the American Library Association, the State Educational Technology Directors Association and the Consortium for School Networking in a letter Monday in FCC docket 21-93. The groups also sought a third funding window "in the spring" to allocate the remaining $800 million in funding and to extend the program's gift rule waiver until June 30, 2023. They also asked the FCC to "reconsider the extensive record-keeping requirements that make it difficult for libraries" and to waive E-rate's cost allocation rule (see 2106140043).