Kansas officials have announced a two-year initiative to spread high-speed internet to school districts across the state at a cost of up to $100 million.
Gov. Sam Brownback says the state might have to allocate as much as $10 million toward the program, which supporters say could help mitigate a teacher shortage in some rural areas. He says the money would come from the Universal Service Fund.
The governor says the California-based nonprofit EducationSuperHighway is providing technical expertise at no cost to the state. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2gCDQV2 ) reports the group's CEO says as many as 20 percent of the state's ...
Kansas officials have announced a two-year initiative to spread high-speed internet to school districts across the state at a cost of up to $100 million.
Gov. Sam Brownback says the state might have to allocate as much as $10 million toward the program, which supporters say could help mitigate a teacher shortage in some rural areas. He says the money would come from the Universal Service Fund.
The governor says the California-based nonprofit EducationSuperHighway is providing technical expertise at no cost to the state. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2gCDQV2 ) reports the group's CEO says as many as 20 percent of the state's ...