From Sabrina.Ganoe at wesd.org Mon Aug 4 09:08:54 2008 From: Sabrina.Ganoe at wesd.org (Ganoe, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:08:54 -0700 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of August 4, 2008 Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3EE348737E@miranda.wesd.org> See the attached newsletter for articles on: * FY 2008 and FY 2007 Funding Status. Wave 17 for FY 2008 will be released on Tuesday, August 5th. Priority 2 funding is currently being approved at the 90% level and denied at 79% and below, but the SLD has recommended that the denial threshold be raised to 83% (and informally indicated that the final denial threshold may be 86% and below)). Wave 59 for FY 2007 is scheduled for release on Wednesday, August 6th. * Draft Eligible Services List for FY 2009 (and NPRM). The FCC has released a draft version of next year?s ESL for public comment. The draft itself contains only a few additional clarifications from the current version, but the FCC also initiated a Notice of Public Rulemaking to seek comments on more substantial eligibility changes (including a broader definition of ?basic telephone service?). * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. The SLD?s fall training sessions in Washington, DC, and Chicago are oversubscribed; the other five sessions are also filling up. The SLD is proposing to reduce the number of annual site visits and to conduct them all with internal SLD staff. * Schools and Libraries News Brief for August 1st. This week?s issue discusses non-recurring service deadlines and contracts. It explains how a service delivery deadline may be extended, and how to use a Form 500 to advise the SLD that a contract expiration date has also been extended. 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USAC?s latest quarterly projections filed with the FCC shows a surprisingly high increase of $800 million in available unused funds (which had recently been growing only at a $150 million quarterly rate). Unless the FCC changes its rule, this additional funding (plus any other unused funds identified over the next three quarters) will be available for rollover into FY 2009. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. Four of the seven SLD fall training sessions are now in wait list mode. Initial comments on the draft ESL for FY 2009 were submitted last week; reply comments are due this Thursday. An FCC appeal Order released last week is consistent with recent applicant-friendly decisions. * Schools and Libraries News Brief for August 15th. This week?s issue discusses use of the SLD?s online Submit a Question feature to ask E-rate questions. 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Four of the seven SLD fall training sessions are now in wait list mode. Reply comments on the draft ESL for FY 2009 were submitted last week. Comments of the FCC's broader ESL NPRM are due September 18th. * Schools and Libraries News Brief for August 15th. This week's issue provides tips on filing BEARs, either online or by mail. Sabrina Ganoe e-Rate and Procurement Customer Support Willamette Education Service District 2611 Pringle Rd SE Salem, OR 97302 P: 503.540.4495 F: 503.540.2962 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Week_08_25 - SECA.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 111104 bytes Desc: Week_08_25 - SECA.doc URL: