来自美国各地的学校和图书馆恳求联邦通信委员会放弃终止E-Rate的想法，E-Rate是一项每年20亿美元的项目，为学生和图书馆访客提供互联网连接。
Schools and libraries from around the US pleaded with the Federal Communications Commission to drop the idea of ending E-Rate, a $2 billion-a-year program that connects students and library visitors to the Internet.
FCC主席布伦丹·卡尔批评学区对学生进行了“大规模增加屏幕时间的实验”，并表示E-Rate的扩张远超其最初目的——“为学校和图书馆的教育目的提供基础互联网接入”。6月，卡尔主导了一项2比1的投票，发布《规则制定通知书》（NPRM），征求公众意见，以决定E-Rate是否应被“限制或终止，以反映当前广泛的连接率”。
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has criticized school districts for having "experimented with a massive increase in screen time for students," and said E-Rate expanded too far beyond its original purpose of "supporting basic Internet access to schools and libraries for educational purposes." In June, Carr led a 2-1 vote to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking public comment on whether E-Rate should be "limited or sunset to reflect today’s extensive connectivity rates."
卡尔的提议可能导致E-Rate削减学校和图书馆在电信服务和设备上获得的折扣，并对E-Rate资金的使用施加更多限制。FCC就终止该项目征求意见的举动也引发了卡尔可能选择完全废除E-Rate的可能。
Carr's proposal could result in E-Rate cutting the discounts that schools and libraries receive for telecom services and equipment, and imposing more restrictions on how E-Rate money can be used. The FCC seeking comment on whether to sunset the program also raises the possibility that Carr might choose to axe E-Rate entirely.