CARES Act funding internet access for families

CARES Act funding internet access for families

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THECITY OF TULSA... COMING FROMTHE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.GOVERNOR STITT HANDING OVERA CHECK TO THE CITY TODAY...FOR MORE THAN 30-MILLIONDOLLARS.TULSA MAYOR G-T BYNUMSAYS... NEARLY SIX MILLIONOF THAT WILL GO TOWARDPROVIDING INTERNET ACCESS TO22-THOUSAND TULSA FAMILIES.2 WORKS FOR YOU'S KATIEKELEHER EXPLAINS ... HOW THECITY IS WORKING WITH LOCALSCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAKETHAT HAPPEN.MAYOR BYNUM SAYS 15 PERCENTOF TULSA COUNTY FAMILIESHAVE NO INTERNET ACCESS.

HESAYS 57-THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDSAND 20-THOUSAND STUDENTSDON'T HAVE FAST RELIABLEINTERNET AT HOME.

WITH MANYDISTRICTS MOVING TO DISTANCELEARNING THIS SCHOOL YEAR...that's a serious PROBLEM.It's why THE CITY ISPARTNERING WITH TULSA ,JENKS, and UNION PUBLICSCHOOLS..

As well as "IMPACTTULSA" TO BRING INTERNETACCESS TO moreSTUDENTS.

GRAPHIC MAYORBYNUM SAYS 2.7 MILLIONDOLLARS WILL PROVIDE HIGHSPEED WIFI TO ALL TULSAHOUSING AUTHORITY RESIDENTS.THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITHCOX TO PROVIDE THOSE25-HUNDRED FAMILIES WITHFREE INTERNET FOR THE NEXTTHREE YEARS.

2.4 MILLIONDOLLARS WILL BRING HIGHSPEED INTERNET TO UP TO20-THOUSAND PUBLIC SCHOOLFAMILIES.

THEY WILL GETFREE INTERNET FOR ONEYEAR.

500-THOUSAND DOLLARSWILL FUND INTERNET ACCESSNAVIGATORS TO ENSUREFAMILIES KNOW ABOUT THEINTERNET OPPORTUNITIES - ANDHOW TO GET SET UP.

WHICH ISESPECIALLY important AS THESCHOOL YEAR APPROACHES." Doing what is necessary aswe start this school year tomake sure that Tulsafamilies, and in particularour youngest Tulsans, haveaccess to the technologythey need to get a greateducation." TULSA PUBLICSCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENTDEBORAH GIST SAYS thedistrict has BEEN REACHINGOUT TOFAMILIES TO FIND OUT WHONEEDS INTERNET ACCESS.

THEYALSO HAVE 12-THOUSAND HOTSPOTS THEY'LL BEDISTRIBUTING TO STUDENTS.THE REST OF THE CARES ACTFUNDING FOR TULSA WILL GOTOWARD AREAS - things likeUN-BUDGETED COSTS FROM THEPANDEMIC, SAFETYMODIFICATIONS TO PUBLICFACILITIES AND JOB TRAININGTHROUGH THE "RETRAIN TULSA"PROGRAM.

IN TULSA, KATIEKELEHER, 2 WORKS FOR YOUSAND SPRINGS IS DELAYING