E-rate News

October 19, 2000

SLD Distributes 129 More Funding Letters

The Schools and Libraries Division Oct. 20 distributed another 129 funding commitment letters for Year 3, providing another $22.7 million worth of discounts to school and library applicants.

October 16, 2000

SLD Publishes Modified Eligible Services List

The Schools and Libraries Division posted an updated eligible services list Oct. 16 that provides further details about certain items that are conditionally eligible. The SLD said it would update...

October 12, 2000

SLD Commits Over $133 Million in Wave 24

The Schools and Libraries Division issued over $133 million in 319 commitment letters on Oct. 13. The total funds committed for Program Year 3 has now reached $2.01 billion, almost...

October 5, 2000

No Funding Commitments This Week

The Schools and Libraries Division announced Oct. 6 that it did not distribute any funding commitment letters this week,

September 28, 2000

SLD Issues Another $180 Million in Commitments

The Schools and Libraries Division announced Sept. 29 that it was issuing another 271 funding commitment letters for the third year of the E-rate program, totaling nearly $180 million. That...

September 25, 2000

The SLD Considers Program Year 4 Filing Window Dates

The Schools and Libraries Division announced on Sept. 18 that the E-rate Funding Year 4 (July 1, 2001-June 30, 2002) Form 471 application window will open in early November 2000...

September 24, 2000

SLD Announces New Discount Threshold

Eighty-two percent is the new E-rate discount threshold for funding Year 3 internal connections, the Schools and Libraries Division announced Sept. 22. This is the first reduction in the discount...

September 24, 2000

How Much Did Vendors Receive Through the E-rate Program?

Funds For Learning, one of the nation’s leading E-rate consulting firms, has just created a Web site tool that enables users to see how much E-rate money vendors have received.