| Notes |
During his time in the Senate, Senator King has worked to take up Senator Snowe’s mantle as a champion of E-Rate and digital literacy. In 2014, he supported the FCC’s successful effort to modernize the E-Rate program in order to meet current and future needs of schools and libraries, and he has worked closely with Senator Rockefeller’s successor in the Senate, Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), to improve access to digital learning resources for children. Last year, Senators King and Capito introduced the Digital Learning Equity Act of 2015 to ensure that school districts will be able to use federal education funding to sustain activities, services, and devices that support out-of-school Internet access. Senator King also successfully fought for the inclusion of an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which became law, that would allow school districts to fund education technology initiatives, including devices, services, and educator professional development. |