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School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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Here is information regarding the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program and the affordable Home Internet offers for eligible families.
Updated fliers<link.edgepilot.com/s/73088c94/j6_hE5fteEKR9e0PU6btdQ?u=https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cetf/pages/520/attachments/original/1621887306/2021_05_Statewide_EBB_Orange_ENG_SPA.pdf?1621887306> are now available for school districts to distribute to low-income families. Click here <link.edgepilot.com/s/a0aa6e32/sinvyJFdvkGMOxajOpBgDA?u=https://www.internetforallnow.org/applytoday> to download the fliers that are available in multiple languages.
To qualify for the low-cost Home Internet offers, applicants can visit the link.edgepilot.com/s/cd3f9935/pOzsI0Zq3E_7CFG0WbwCTQ?u=http://www.everyoneon.org/cetf website and follow these east steps:
1. Provide the zip code for where they live. 2. Check the relevant boxes for programs they participate in — like the National School Lunch Program. 3. Select a Service Provider and sign up for home service.
Families can also call 866-969-8748 and connect with a local non-profit for assistance in subscribing to an Internet offer.
As you may recall, our affordable Home Internet offers has support from the California Broadband Council and as a result of the Governor’s Executive Order<link.edgepilot.com/s/4bc21f3c/_tSJrAc2-E2Q7nDs8YPw4w?u=https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/8.14.20-EO-N-73-20.pdf>, we are required to report on school districts that have participated in a flier distribution. To do this, please visit this LINK<link.edgepilot.com/s/b316e786/SjvCGJ3KMUWOH07kRpfD3A?u=https://forms.gle/rk5JhFRsDDyAVehbA> to report that your district has completed flier distribution. This information is vital to the governor’s ongoing work and the FCC’s ongoing work to greatly expand broadband infrastructure and service.
Thank you so much!
Tom Torlakson
Consultant
California Emerging Technology Fund
Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction
tom.torlakson@cetfund.org<mailto:runner@tomtorlakson.com> 925.890.3738