From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Mar 5 11:10:02 2012 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:10:02 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of March 5, 2012 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. The application window for FY 2012 opened January 9 and closes March 20, 2012. Wave 37 for FY 2011 and Wave 88 for FY 2010 will be released this week. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. The FCC continued its current focus on reducing the appeal backlog by releasing two new decisions affecting 34 applicants. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), one of the key architects of the E-rate program, announced her retirement at the end of this term. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated March 2 The SLD's latest News Brief reported that it had begun sending out "Form 470 But No Form 471" e-mails and letters to applicants representing almost 27,500 Form 470s for FY 2012. These are somewhat confusing reminders that the application window closes March 20th, not that the deadline has been missed. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator 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_05 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 76800 bytes Desc: Week_03_05 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Mar 19 09:48:48 2012 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:48:48 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of March 19, 2012 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Reminder: The application window for FY 2012 closes at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 20th. Wave 39 for FY 2011 and Wave 90 for FY 2010 will be released this week. Priority 2 funding for FY 2011 is now being awarded at 90% and denied at 79% and below. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders. The FCC issued three new appeal decisions affecting 24 applicants. The former superintendent of a Pennsylvania school district has been debarred from the E-rate program. * Schools and Libraries News Brief Dated March 16. The SLD's latest News Brief summarizes a number of tips and reminders for meeting the Form 471 application deadline. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator 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_19 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 85504 bytes Desc: Week_03_19 - SECA.doc URL: