Schneider Announces Funding to Improve Student Internet, Broadband Access
WASHINGTON — Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) today announced that the Tenth District has received $8.2 million from the American Rescue Plan to provide students with access to reliable internet. Schneider helped pass the American Rescue Plan last March, which included $7 billion for the Emergency Connectivity Fund to bridge the digital divide and help students succeed during remote schooling and beyond.
"Kids without internet access at home are often left behind, without the basic tools they need to thrive. This critical funding from the American Rescue Plan will bridge the digital divide in the Tenth District by ensuring that students from Round Lake to Wheeling have reliable internet access," Schneider said.
The following schools and libraries in the Tenth District received funding from the Emergency Connectivity Fund:
Facility Name | Amount Received |
Bannockburn School Dist 106 | $ 18,000.00 |
Beach Park School District 3 | $ 31,830.48 |
Big Hollow School District 38 | $ 520,000.00 |
Community High Sch Dist 128 | $ 16,598.88 |
Deerfield School District 109 | $ 610,905.00 |
Glencoe School District 35 | $ 60,000.00 |
Glenview School District 34 | $ 24,000.00 |
Grayslake School District 46 | $ 15,720.00 |
Hawthorn School District 73 | $ 318,475.00 |
Highland Park Public Library | $ 2,520.00 |
Lake Bluff School District 65 | $ 98,540.60 |
Lake Co Special Educ Coop | $ 112,000.00 |
Lake Forest School District 67 | $ 190,080.00 |
Libertyville Elem Sch Dist 70 | $ 239,559.60 |
Mundelein Cons H S Dist 120 | $ 12,000.00 |
Mundelein Elem School Dist 75 | $ 10,800.00 |
N Chicago C U Sch Dist 187 | $ 460,725.00 |
North Chicago Public Library | $ 6,590.62 |
North Shore School Dist 112 | $ 184,800.00 |
Northbrook Public Library | $ 3,326.32 |
Northern Suburban Spec Ed Dist | $ 32,906.00 |
Northfield Twp H S Dist 225 | $ 567,650.00 |
Prairie Crossing Charter School | $ 97,000.00 |
River Trails School Dist 26 | $ 131,644.00 |
Riverwoods Montessori School | $ 9,975.00 |
Round Lake Area Sch Dist 116 | $ 1,810,164.20 |
Stevenson School District 125 | $ 9,716.76 |
Township High School Dist 113 | $ 564,727.57 |
Waukegan Public Library | $ 103,320.00 |
Wheeling School District 21 | $ 1,925,427.00 |
Studies indicate that as many as 16 million students nationwide don't have internet service at home, making it difficult to complete homework or to do research once the school day ends. The Emergency Connectivity Fund is a $7.17 billion program that was created as part of the American Rescue Plan to help provide relief to millions of students, school staff, and library patrons and to help close the Homework Gap for students who currently lack necessary Internet access or the devices they need to connect to classrooms. For eligible schools and libraries, the ECF Program will cover reasonable costs of laptop and tablet computers; Wi-Fi hotspots; modems; routers; and broadband connectivity purchases for off-campus use by students, school staff, and library patrons.
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