Executive Summary
- •US government agrees to restart $1.25B Competitive Grant Program in December after court ruling
- •Judge rules racial and ethnic classification criteria in Digital Equity Act are unconstitutional
- •Parallel $1.44B state grant program remains shut down without legal challenge
Community Sentiment
Key Developments & Data
US reinstates $1.25B broadband grant program following a federal court ruling.
The Trump administration will reopen applications in December for the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program after facing a lawsuit from an advocacy group.
A federal judge ruled the program must eliminate race and ethnicity as criteria, finding those explicit classifications unconstitutional.
The court ruling leaves the separate $1.44B state grant portion of the original $2.75B law untouched and uninstated.
"NDIA’s vision is for everyone to have the opportunity to use technology to live, learn, work, and thrive." — Angela Siefer
And stripping racial targets while keeping low-income filters gives federal agencies a different legal hoop to push the exact same money through.
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