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Download full textCenter for Media Education, Washington, DC. – 1996
New digital technologies and the rapid growth of the Internet are restructuring communications systems and transforming education and the economy. Noting that many of the resulting telecommunications policies will be made at the state level, this publication provides guidelines for child advocates to influence state policy regarding children's use…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Children, Computers, Information Technology
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Congressional Budget Office. – 1998
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to include support for advanced telecommunications--such as the Internet and computer networking--for elementary and secondary schools, public libraries, and nonprofit rural health care providers among the Universal Service Fund (USF) mandates. In its plan, the…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Networks, Educational Finance, Electronic Equipment
