Amelia Bryne and Megan Janicki write: “The 30th anniversary of the E-Rate program is a time to both celebrate what it has achieved for libraries and focus our work to preserve its future. About 73% of all public libraries and more than 96% of public schools in the United States receive E-Rate discounts on internet and telecommunications services and equipment, totaling more than $2 billion per year. But the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund, which includes E-Rate and three other communications programs, is facing challenges, in part because of how it is funded.”