2008 e-Rate Survival Guide
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If you’re responsible for e-Rate applications or you’re an e-Rate provider, consultant, or trainer, here’s help understanding this year’s rules and procedures. Get the lowdown from the experts at the agency that administers the e-Rate. Watch these training videos produced by the Universal Service Administrative Company's Schools and Libraries Division (SLD). Click here, and get the know-how you need to survive and succeed during this year’s e-Rate funding cycle. |
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A new e-Rate application season is upon us, and educators charged with getting telecommunications discounts for their schools are bracing anew for the process. Here’s our annual e-Rate Survival Guide to help you get through it all with minimal pain—and a maximum return on your time invested.
New e-Rate focus: 'Back to basics' Nov 07, 2007 Primary Topic Channel: eRate
Administrators of the e-Rate program are encouraging e-Rate coordinators from schools and libraries across the country to get the basics right as they apply for funds for the 2008-09 cycle, which opened at noon on Nov. 7, 2007 and will close at 11:59 p.m. EST on Feb. 7, 2008. When common mistakes are avoided and the basics of an application are strong, they say, the "application generally goes right."
Achieving e-Rate success through teamwork Nov 07, 2007 Primary Topic Channel: eRate
The following article, authored by officials at the e-Rate compliance specialists company Funds For Learning LLC, outlines the major steps of an applicant's e-Rate process and details when it is--and is not--appropriate for a service provider to be involved.
2008 e-Rate Survival Guide PDFNov 07, 2007 Primary Topic Channel: eRate
This comprehensive two-page guide from the eSchool News print newspaper will help you get through the e-Rate process with minimal pain--and a maximum return on your time invested.
Audits frustrate e-Rate applicantsJun 30, 2009
Opinions about the management of the federal e-Rate program have improved over the last year, a new survey suggests. But applicants continue to be frustrated by audits, and they'd like to see more transparency in the program. Key words: e-Rate, e-Rate audit, Funds For Learning, 2009 e-Rate survey, USAC, education, technology
Unused eRate funding totals billionsMay 14, 2009
About $5 billion of the estimated $19.5 billion in eRate funds committed to schools and libraries from 1998 to 2006 were never used, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Key words: e-Rate, e-Rate funding, education, technology, federal education funding
Intranet web hosting now e-Rate eligibleApr 15, 2009
In an important change that comes two months after schools already applied for FY2009 e-Rate discounts, intranet web hosting has been classified as e-Rate eligible beginning with the FY2009 program year. Key words: e-Rate eligible services, schools and e-Rate funding, school technology funding
e-Rate filing window opens Dec. 2Nov 26, 2008
Schools and libraries can begin applying for 2009-10 e-Rate discounts on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and they'll have until 11:59 EST on Thursday, Feb. 12, to submit all necessary Form 471 application materials, says the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Co., the agency that administers the program.
How to survive another e-Rate seasonOct 09, 2008
If you're applying for the 2009 e-Rate, the $2.25 billion-a-year federal program that provides discounts on telecommunications services to eligible schools and libraries, you won't find many new additions to this year's program, e-Rate officials say. Instead, you'll find live training sessions, online videos, and other web-based resources designed to help you become more comfortable with the e-Rate application process.