Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says nearly all Michigan school districts are meeting a minimum bandwidth target of internet access, and she wants to focus next on expanding broadband to 450,000 households. Whitmer said Tuesday that 98% of K-12 districts are at the Federal Communications Commission's goal of 100 kilobits per secondper student. She says since 2015, schools in Michigan have used $90 million in federal funding to upgrade their Wi-Fi and internal networks.
Whitmer, who helped the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway announce nationwide progress connecting classrooms to high-speed internet, says broadband access is a "huge part of our kids' education." She says it is important to ensure that they also can do their schoolwork at home, while online.
