It’s something many of us take for granted.
But high-speed Internet is not a given in many rural parts of the state, including in the school districts in those rural areas. Now some local lawmakers are trying to change that.
Senators Andy Manar and Sam McCann are co-sponsoring a measure to use $16 million in state funds, combined with federal grants, to upgrade rural broadband in schools.
Manar says rural students are being excluded from online classes, test-taking, and other resources because of slow, poor-quality Internet.