{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-cleaver-announces-15-million-funding-fifth-district-schools-and", "Rep. Cleaver Announces $15 Million in Funding for Fifth District Schools and Libraries to Help Kids Access the Internet at Home and Close the Homework Gap", "2022-03-11", "2022", "2022-03", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Emanuel Cleaver", "C001061", "cleaver.house.gov", "cleaver", "https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 One year after the American Rescue Plan became law, Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced today that Missouri's Fifth District has received $15,027,886.59 to date from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECF). The ECF program, which was created as part of the American Rescue Plan, helps schools and libraries ensure that students can connect to the internet at home, allowing them to take advantage of online learning and do their homework. Known as the \"homework gap,\" students who lack access to the internet at home often fall behind their peers as curriculums and educational opportunities rely more and more on the ability to conduct online research and connect to the web.\n\nAccording to the FCC, the $7.17 billion program has provided Missouri with $75,895,062.88 in total funding to date.\n\n\"Make no mistake, the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare what was already true \u2013 that with educational tools, homework, and opportunities increasingly online, kids without home internet access are often left without the basics needs to succeed,\" said Congressman Cleaver. \"This critical funding, made possible by President Biden's American Rescue Plan, will help children across Missouri and throughout the Fifth District who don't have the equipment or internet access necessary to stay connected and get their work done in this ever-evolving, digitized world. I'm proud to have supported this program in Congress and will keep fighting to close the homework gap because students from Saline to Jackson County, regardless of circumstance, deserve the tools they need to succeed in school and beyond.\"\n\nThe ECF Program will help cover costs of laptop and tablet computers, Wi-Fi hotspots, modems, routers, and broadband connectivity purchases for off-campus use by students, school staff, and library patrons.\n\nThe schools and libraries in Missouri's Fifth District that have received funding from the FCC program include:\n\nAcademy for Integrated Arts: $9,855.00\n\nBrookside Charter School: $90,000.00\n\nCenter School District: $189,535.00\n\nConcordia School District: $68,770.40\n\nCornerstones of Care: $60,600.00\n\nFrontier Schools: $576,108.60\n\nGrandview School District: $582,120.00\n\nGuadalupe Educational Systems: $277,593.00\n\nHickman Mills School District: $76,000.00\n\nHogan Preparatory Academy: $50,848.00\n\nIndependence Missouri Public Schools: $126,048.00\n\nKansas City Girls Preparatory Academy: $41,061.40\n\nKansas City Public Library: $874,780.12\n\nLawson School District: $206,000.00\n\nLee's Summit School District: $475,162.50\n\nLone Jack School District: $53,807.00\n\nMarshall School District: $384,780.00\n\nNorth Kansas City School District: $9,380,000.00\n\nOak Grove School District: $115,000.00\n\nOdessa School District: $169,575.00\n\nRay County Library: $2,551.70\n\nRaytown School District: $716,181.92\n\nRichmond School District: $165,097.00\n\nSanta Fe School District: $16,000.00\n\nSlater School District: $111,959.15\n\nSt. Peter Elementary School: $13,375.00\n\nSt. Teresa's Academy: $12,144.00\n\nSt. Thomas More School: $105,593.80\n\nUniversity Academy: $24,529.50\n\nWellington-Napoleon School District: $52,810.00\n\nEligible schools and libraries may request and receive support through the Emergency Connectivity Fund. Details on how to apply can be found here (Espa\u00f1ol).\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:06:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-cleaver-announces-15-million-funding-fifth-district-schools-and"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7314281538128853, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}