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High-speed internet access could reach half of Arizona rural schools

All StoriesChristianna Silva04/14/20171

PHOENIX – Another $8 million will be combined with Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposed $5 million to give rural schools access to high-speed internet – but even including the state funds by the corporation commission, around half of the schools in Arizona won’t be served. Utilizing data from the census and the Arizona Department of Education, of the 222…

Rural schools are struggling, and Ducey’s budget won’t fix it

All StoriesChristianna Silva04/07/20170

PHOENIX – Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposed $5 million in his budget and $8 million in state matched funds by the corporation commission to bring high-speed internet to Arizona schools — most of them rural — will only serve a portion of the schools and must be reauthorized for the next few years before those facilities are on…