From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Mar 2 09:29:27 2009 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:29:27 -0800 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News of the Week for March 2, 2009 Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3EEFBEF8A5@miranda.wesd.org> See the attached newsletter for articles on: * FY 2007 ? FY 2008 Funding Status. Waves 40-41 for FY 2008 will be released March 3-4, 2009. The Priority 2 denial threshold has been raised one percentage point to 86%. * Education Technology Funding and ARRA: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes an additional $650 million for educational technology. This has no impact on E-rate, which remains the largest technology funding program for K-12 schools. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. Another year?s ADA exemption is included in the House?s Omnibus Appropriations Bill. Applicants receiving ominous e-mail solicitations from a company selling Internet safety and compliance packages should recognize that the FCC has not yet provided guidance on last year?s ?Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act.? The FCC continues to receive requests to waive the Form 471 deadline for certain applicants. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated February 27th. The SLD?s most recent News Brief reports the mailing of 600 ?Notification of Form 471 with No Certification? letters. Sabrina Carson 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... 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Additional funding may be denied or delayed for years, and recovery may be sought for earlier disbursements. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. As expected, President Obama nominated Julius Genachowski as the new FCC Chairman. The 600 ?No Cert? letters mailed by the SLD erroneously referred to last year?s application deadline. The K-12 Educational Technology & Innovate-Educate NM Summit 2009 will be held in Albuquerque April 30 ? May 2, 2009. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated March 6th. The SLD?s most recent News Brief reports the RAL correction process. Sabrina Carson 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_03_09 - SECA.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 116224 bytes Desc: Week_03_09 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Mar 16 09:08:03 2009 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:08:03 -0700 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News of the Week for March 16, 2009 Message-ID: <06D9FD985A42704BB0E8F483ACA3FE2E3EEFE972B5@miranda.wesd.org> See the attached newsletter for articles on: * FY 2007 ? FY 2008 Funding Status. Wave 43 for FY 2008 will be released on March 17th. * Preliminary Demand Estimate for FY 2009: The SLD released a preliminary demand estimate for FY 2009 showing overall demand down 7.5% from FY 2008 (but still above the previous two years). With at least $1 billion in previously unused funds available for rollover, Priority 2 funding at 80% and above may be available for the first time since FY 2005. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. The response deadline for FY 2009 ?No Cert? letters is March 23rd. The new CIPA requirement for including an online education component in Internet safety policies applies only to schools, not to libraries * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated March 13th. The SLD?s most recent News Brief provides an overview of the three levels of application review: initial review, final review, and quality assurance. Sabrina Carson 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... 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The SLD?s most recent News Brief discusses the four categories of product and service eligibility ? eligible, conditionally eligible, partially eligible, and ineligible ? and the associated information which may be requested during PIA application review. Sabrina Carson 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_03_23 - SECA.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 108544 bytes Desc: Week_03_23 - SECA.doc URL: