Commissioner Rosenworcel visits NM to discuss solutions to the digital divide

FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel is touring New Mexico with Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) to find solutions to the digital divide in the state. Rosenworcel and Lujan will visit the Santo Domingo Library, part of the Middle Rio Grande Pueblo Tribal Consortium, which received $3.9 million from the E-Rate program to build fiber to four tribal libraries in New Mexico. They will also see a demonstration of the Rolling Study Halls initiative, which gives students with long commutes the ability to ride buses with Wi-Fi, devices, and an onboard tutor.

Commissioner Rosenworcel, the only Democratic commissioner currently seated at the FCC, has been a steadfast supporter of closing the digital divide and the homework gap, or students who are unable to complete school assignments due to a lack of broadband access at home – an estimated 12 million children. Rep. Lujan introduced legislation to put wireless Internet on school buses to help combat the Homework Gap.

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FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel to Join Lujan to Discuss Solutions to Address the Digital Divide (US House of Reps., June 28, 2018)