Re: Wire To The Schoolhouse Door

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Bill Cosh,bcosh@wasb.org,uucp writes:

> I would hope that the FCC's rules would be more difinitive, and would 
> proactively address situations such as "What about new schools? Will 
> they also be hooked up under the established committments? In Wisconsin, 
> they weren't.  Also, what is a school? Do charter schools count? 
> Wisconsin had to amend its rules to assure that they would have access 
> similar to the other public schools in Wisconsin.
> 
> Bill Cosh
> Wisconsin Association of School Boards

That opens some very good speculation. Should the definition of "Educational
Institutions" include all who provide educational programs on a full-time
basis or part-time? Alternative schools, private schools, and home schooling
are in question. I know that educational public television stations certainly
provide a great deal of education for all ages: preschoolers to university
distance learners and many video-conferencing opportunities for affordable
in-service trainings. We definitely need to be included in the universal
service discounted rates. We reach over 26,000 teachers a year and 350,000
students with telecommunications tools for the classrooms of learning plus
literacy & GED in the homes and educational centers for Hispanics, inmates,
etc. Read the Comments and Further Comments by Association of America's
Public Television for numerous examples of cost effectiveness, staff
efficiency, and multi-resources already serving the schools, libraries, and
health care facilities.

Brenda Williams
Educator & Grant Writer

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