(b) This part is intended to establish requirements for governmental entities to participate in the Arkansas Rural Connect Broadband Grant Program (hereafter, “ARC” or the “ARC Grant Program”) in order to provide or expand broadband services consistent with the broadband plan report, resulting in increased educational opportunities, healthcare opportunities, and economic development opportunities and ensuring all Arkansans have equal access to the services they can use to improve:

1. (1) Their quality of life;
2. (2) Their community; and
3. (3) This state.