From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Tue Jun 3 12:25:05 2014 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 19:25:05 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of June 2, 2014 Message-ID: Please see the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status. Funding waves for FY 2013 and FY 2014 are scheduled this week. * Updates and Reminders. The House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal 2015 Agriculture Appropriation Bill with a proposed revision to allow schools to opt out of the 2012 nutritional guidelines for the next school year. Applicants applying for Priority 2 funding for FY 2014 should make sure they have approved technology plans covering the full year. The FCC issued three appeal orders last week affecting over 135 applicants. * SLD News Brief Dated May 30 - Recurring Service Invoices. The SLD latest News Brief discusses the process for filing invoices for FY 2013 recurring services. 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The FCC is reported to be ready to propose a higher-speed definition of broadband. * SLD News Brief Dated June 6 - Summer Activities for Applicants. The SLD latest News Brief provides a number of tips for applicant activities over the summer. 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... 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The FCC hopes to vote on the first phase of the E-Rate 2.0 modernization program on July 11th. * Updates and Reminders: o USAC Fall Applicant Training o Additional FY 2014 Form 471s Moved In-Window * SLD News Brief Dated June 20 - Data Retrieval Tool: The SLD latest News Brief reviews the use of the DRT. 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... 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