E-rate News

January 11, 2005

SLD Publishes More Instructions on Item 21 Attachments

The Schools and Libraries Division has recently provided more details of its expectations for the so-called Item 21 Description of Services attachments, the additional documentation that E-rate applicants must provide...

January 10, 2005

FCC Reverses SLD on Unsubstantiated Eligible Charges

The FCC has sided with a school district in an appeal that involved the application of the so-called "30 percent rule" to an eligible funding request that was not fully...

January 9, 2005

SLD to Issue $510 Million Wave This Week

The Schools and Libraries Division announced late January 7 that on January 11 it will issue 2,670 commitment letters , totaling more than $510 million worth of E-rate funding commitments...

January 6, 2005

SLD To Begin Issuing Internal Connections Commitments Down to 81%

The Schools and Libraries Division announced late January 6 that it will resume issuing funding commitment waves for the 2004 funding year on January 11, and begin approving internal connections...

December 27, 2004

Bush Signs Law to Restore Normal E-rate Funding

President Bush took the final step necessary to enable the E-rate program to resume its previous practices for approving funding commitments, signing into law a measure that will exempt the...

December 20, 2004

FCC and SBC Enter Into E-rate Consent Decree

The Federal Communications Commission has negotiated a consent decree with SBC Communications to terminate an E-rate-related investigation.

December 15, 2004

Schools and Libraries Committee Takes Action on 2004 Internal Connections Threshold

The Schools and Libraries Committee of the Universal Service Administrative Company December 16 instructed the Schools and Libraries Division to prepare to issue 2004 E-rate funding commitments for eligible internal...

December 13, 2004

SLD Implements Tool to Ease Issuance of FCC Registration Numbers

The Schools and Libraries Division has implemented a procedure designed to make it easier for E-rate applicants to obtain Federal Communications Commission Registration Numbers for all of their entities. The...