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Broadband board outlines budget shifts, warns of BEAD rule changes and funding uncertainty
Summary
The Vermont Community Broadband Board told lawmakers it moved certain costs onto federal grant lines, highlighted a $700,000 reallocation to preserve special funds, and said BEAD rule changes expanded eligible technologies but removed some workforce/climate requirements — creating negotiation points with NTIA.
Christine Halkwist, executive director of the Vermont Community Broadband Board, briefed the committee on budget and BEAD program implications for Vermont on Jan. 29.
Halkwist said the Board reallocated roughly $700,000 from special funds to federal grant funding to preserve limited state universal service fund (USF) dollars for programmatic use. She emphasized…
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