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Show Transcript Good afternoon everyone today. I m wearing a Middletown miti s mask given to me today in Middletown, my Superintendent marlin Styles and Principal Beth Hendrix uh Lieutenant governor and I were there at Amanda Elementary School Where I signed House Bill two, House Bill two creates the higher residential broadband expansion grant program and the broadband expansion program authority. This will enable us to award grants to internet providers to fund construction of broadband projects in underserved areas of the state and unserved areas of the state. So we re very excited about this. And this was really a big, big kickoff to this big, big program and our goal is for every single Ohio and to have access to high speed internet. And that s our goal. And we re working on it with the FDA approving the Pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds. We want to hear from some doctors who also happen to be mothers and w
DeWine in Butler County Monday signing new law bringing high speed internet to rural areas Gov. Mike DeWine will be in Butler County Monday to sign bills into law that will provide millions in state grants to expand and bring high speed broadband internet around Ohio, including rural areas. (Source: KEYC News Now) By Jennifer Edwards Baker | May 17, 2021 at 7:00 AM EDT - Updated May 17 at 10:14 AM
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (FOX19) - Gov. Mike DeWine will be in Butler County Monday to sign off on a new law that will provide millions in state grants to expand and bring high speed broadband internet around Ohio, including rural areas.
A rare display of bipartisanship and an increased focus on addressing the digital divide led Gov. Mike DeWine to sign House Bill 2 a piece of legislation that creates the state s first-ever residential broadband expansion program.
After a previous version of the bill faded during the last General Assembly, DeWine said this law is essential for Ohio to move forward in 2021. This is something where we have broad consensus in the state of Ohio Democrats, Republicans, rural, urban and suburban areas, he said during a signing ceremony Monday at the Amanda Elementary School in Middletown.
House Bill 2 establishes the grant program and the Broadband Program Expansion Authority to receive and review applications by telecommunication providers within the Development Services Agency, effective immediately. The law also allows carriers to use the Ohio s Electric Cooperatives pole attachments, such as wires, cables, antennas, wireless facilities etc., to more easily deploy fib