Reid announces $1.2 million for school Internet expansion
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Friday that $1.2 million in funding through the Economic Recovery Act will go to improve cyber network speeds, connectivity and capacity within the state's public schools.
“Strong connectivity is essential for our educational institutions to cooperate and stay competitive,” said Reid. “By improving connectivity we can link Nevada universities and K-12 schools and improve research and education. Broadband access will also provide Nevadans with other important opportunities such as distance education, telemedicine instruction, and economic development.”
The award will also enable Nevada to make major improvements to NevadaNet, the high-speed telecommunications infrastructure that provides connectivity to remote areas, rural centers, small colleges and regional universities, Native American tribes and peoples, and persons with disabilities.
This project is funded by the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Infrastructure Improvement Program. Reid supported an increase of this program’s funding during the FY 2010 appropriations process.