HARRISBURG (PRNewswire) – Students in Clearfield County’s Seneca Highland Intermediate Unit will benefit from $1,063,089 in funding to help better connect to the Internet.
Seneca Highland Intermediate Unit serves Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Intermediate Unit Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, McKean, Potter and Somerset counties.
Gov. Edward G. Rendell said students in 25 counties will have better opportunities for learning as the state invests $10 million to help connect intermediate
units and school districts to the Internet with high-speed technology. The Educational Technology Fund grants strengthen the governor’s commitment to improving educational opportunities in schools by expanding schools’ access to technology.
“In Pennsylvania, we are striving to deliver a high-quality education to every student, regardless of if they live in rural, urban or suburban Pennsylvania,” Rendell said. “A quality telecommunications infrastructure is vital for schools in today’s globally competitive economy. But too many of our rural and disadvantaged schools lack access to the high-speed technology that’s necessary for students to succeed. These E-Fund grants change that.”
Over $5 million in 2006-07 Broadband Connectivity Grants, which are used to boost broadband Internet capacity and develop technological infrastructure to provide opportunities for economic growth, are being awarded to nine consortiums comprised of 134 school districts, 20 Career and Technical Centers and Area Vocational Technical Schools, one charter school, and one non-public school.
Over $4 million in grants will be used to continue eight, multi-year projects started during the first year of the E-Fund grant in 2005-06. The 2005-07 grants combined will increase the availability of T-1 high-speed Internet accessibility to 92 percent of the schools across the commonwealth.
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