Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel recently announced a proposal for a three-year, $200 million pilot program to fund cybersecurity technologies in K–12 schools and public libraries. The announcement comes in the wake of a push for the FCC to include cybersecurity upgrades in E-rate funding.
If adopted, the program would exist separately from E-rate so as not to “come at a cost of undermining E-rate’s success in promoting digital equity,” Rosenworcel said in a press release. 
Organizations including The Consortium for School Networking and Funds for Learning have…