Plans and Proposals

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Initial Proposals

The state’s Initial Proposals provided to NTIA, which outlines the state’s plan for utilizing BEAD funds to expand high-speed internet access, combines input from stakeholders across the state and includes two Volumes.

Volume 1 of the state’s Initial Proposal details Louisiana’s plans for a challenge process to determine all locations eligible for BEAD funding.

Volume 2 covers the specific actions the state will take to eliminate the digital divide.

Five-Year Action Plan

Louisiana’s comprehensive Five-Year Action Plan lays out the priorities of the state when it comes to broadband development, adheres to guidance set out by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and outlines how BEAD funds will tackle the digital divide.

The plan is informed by the number of unserved and underserved households, businesses, and community anchor institutions in the state, in addition to research conducted for the state’s Digital Opportunity Plan.

We invite you to read through our goals for increasing access, adoption, affordability, digital opportunity, digital skills, and economic development: