Although Senate Bill 140 is now a comprehensive education package with provisions for student transportation, correspondence schools, charter schools, teacher bonuses, help for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, and basic funding for school districts, it started out as a simple bill: Higher speed internet for schools in rural Alaska. The text of the original bill is … Continue reading What was the basis for Senate Bill 140? Follow the money to higher speed internet in rural Alaska favoring cable fiber, not satellite speeds