LAUSD Joins Calls for Repealing Federal and State Telecom Laws
The Los Angeles Unified School District unanimously passed a resolution at its May 26, 2009 meeting asking for changes in the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the California Public Utilities Code sections which restrict local control over wireless facility installations.
The school district resolution mentions concerns about “radio-frequency emissions as they relate to multiple-transmitter sites and complex environments whereby all significant contributions to environmental exposures are cumulatively considered”.
It also calls for “responsible deployment of fiber optic broadband technology, which is superior to wireless technology in speed, reliability, security, durability and protections it affords people and the environment from the potential hazards of exposure to radio-frequency radiation”.
Check page 5 of the agenda, Item 26 for the full text of the resolution.
[...] Angeles Unified School District Board of Education took similar action at its May 26, 2009 meeting, citing “ongoing debate within the scientific community and among [...]