From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Tue Dec 3 09:23:51 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 17:23:51 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of December 2, 2013 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. FY 2014 application window will open January 9th and close March 26th. Funding waves for FY 2011 and FY 2013 are scheduled this week. Additionally, over this week and last, USAC will or has issued smaller waves for long-pending applications for FYs 2007-2010. * Form 471 Data Issues for FY 2014. The revised Form 471 requires the completion of a detailed data table for each broadband FRN. SECA has raised questions about the form's instructions. * Updates and Reminders. Form 486s deadlines FY 2013 waves 11-15 will be arising in November and December. No SLD News Brief was released for the Thanksgiving week. 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The first in a series discussing the problem of long-pending E-rate applications and the lack of information provided to affected applicants and service providers. * Updates and Reminders. Form 486s deadlines FY 2013 waves 13-15 will be arising in December. The FCC has approved $255 million of Connect America funding for expanded rural broadband services. * SLD News Brief Dated December 6. The SLD's latest News Brief reviews the process for filing Form 470s. 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 12-09 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 102400 bytes Desc: Week 12-09 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Dec 16 08:56:14 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:56:14 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of December 16, 2013 Message-ID: See the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. FY 2014 application window will open January 9th and close March 26th. Funding waves for FY 2011 and FY 2013 are scheduled this week. * "CEO" Becomes "CEP." The Community Eligibility Option, being phased in by the USDA as a new free meal alternative, becomes available for all states for 2014-2015 and is being re-designated as the Community Eligibility Provision. Comments on CEP rules are due January 3rd. E-rate discounts for CEP schools are currently governed by interim procedures. * Updates and Reminders. Form 486s deadlines FY 2013 waves 14-20 will be arising in December and January. * SLD News Brief Dated December 13. The SLD's latest News Brief continues a discussion of the Form 470 process. 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 12-16 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 94208 bytes Desc: Week 12-16 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Wed Dec 18 08:52:10 2013 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:52:10 +0000 Subject: [Erate] Education Super Highway Message-ID: Many of you have emailed me concerning the recent requests from EducationSuperHighway for copies of Item 21 attachments. There is no requirement at the State or Federal level that you comply with their request. Applicants can choose to participate or not as they see fit. You are encouraged to review their website and other documentation and make the decision accordingly. Education Super Highway has indicated in emails to some applicants that they plan to use Public Record Requests to obtain documents from districts who do not participate voluntarily. If this happens to you, you are encouraged to handle the request in the manner set forth in your district policy. 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: