E-rate News

FCC Waives Installation Deadline in Case of Equipment Delays

The Federal Communications Commission has extended its deadline for installing non-recurring services supported by Year 2 E-rate funding when a school district argued that its vendor had been subject to...

Consortium Appeal Denied for Failure to Provide Details

The Federal Communications Commission has upheld the decision of the Schools and Libraries Division to reject the Year 2 E-rate application of the Central Minnesota Computing Center, a consortium of...

SLD Issues Warning on Non-Discounted Portion of Price

The Schools and Libraries Division March 19 cautioned E-rate applicants that its Program Integrity Assurance team would be reviewing applications to determine whether applicants were already prepared to pay the...

New FCC Appeals Decisions May Clarify Some Issues

The Federal Communications Commission is continuing to work through its backlog of E-rate funding appeals, and on March 7 issued some more decisions that may clarify certain issues for some

Year Four Internal Connections Funding Likely for 90% Applicants Only

Schools and Libraries Division President Kate Moore advised the FCC March 1 that "USAC may for the first time be unable to fund fully ...90% discount requests, and may be...

February 28, 2001

FCC Signals More Forgiving Attitude On Some Application Rejections

In a Feb. 22 decision that appeared to signal a more forgiving attitude to some kinds of rejected E-rate applications, the Federal Communications Commission instructed the Schools and Libraries Division...

February 12, 2001

SLD Offers ‘Good Samaritan’ Program

The Schools and Libraries Division announced Feb. 13 that it was implementing a procedure to help E-rate applicants whose service provider had gone out of business or filed for bankruptcy...

February 6, 2001

SLD Preliminary Demand Estimate for Year 4 Is $5.5 Billion

The Schools and Libraries Division reported to the Federal Communications Commission Feb. 6 that its preliminary estimate of the demand for E-rate support in the program's fourth funding year is...