In comments submitted April 7, 2014, the Alliance for Excellent Education called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modernize the federal E-rate program in order to lay the foundation for expanding the program through increased funding. These comments are in response to an E-rate Public Notice issued by the FCC on March 6, 2014 regarding its plan to expand, modernize, and simplify E-rate, the federal government's program for connecting the nation's schools and libraries to the internet.