Alaska Statutes Sec. 14.03.127 - Funding for Internet Services

(a) Each fiscal year, a district in which one or more schools qualify for a discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is eligible to receive an amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to bring the applicant's share to 10 megabits of download a second of the Internet services.

(b) If insufficient funding is appropriated to provide funding authorized under this section, the state share shall be distributed pro rata to eligible school districts.

(c) In this section,

(1) "applicant's share" means the difference between the cost of Internet services that are eligible for the discount under the federal universal services program and the discount received for those services under the federal universal services program;

(2) "federal universal services program" means the program established in 47 U.S.C. 254 and regulations implementing that section.

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