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E-Rate Training
Training Links
Form 470 - (Competitive Bidding)
- will be open for 28 days
- can post as early as July 4
- phasing phone systems out
- phone/voice must be filed every year
- 470 does not need to be filed every year for multi-year agreements (only on renewals)
- up to three years is recommended
- on spam proposals refer vendors to 470 with form number
- keep copies of all bids and score sheets, document single bids
- E-Rate documentation must be keep for 10 years
- E-Rate equipment must be kept for 3 years
- MN requires a RFP for purchases when the contract larger than $100K
Form 471 - Application
- Need free and reduced lunch information
- 471 is used to selection contracts and bidders
- for audit process it is safer to go by Oct. free and reduced lunch data
- program integrity review ⇒ 15 day review process
- as soon as you get funding commitment letter (FCL) file form 486
- you have 120 days from July 1st or date the service starts
- you have 15 days correct errors in FCL
- file BEAR form quarterly ⇒ you might need to file to receive money
Child Internet Protection Act
- Internet filtering
- Internet AUP
- Internet safety student education
- only students need to be filtered
- no requirement to filter off campus
Category 2 Funding
- $150 per student over five years period beginning at 2015 of the pre-discount costs
- budget is allocated by school site, not the district
- available to all Free and Reduced lunch levels
- budget is adjusted up and down depending on student poplation
Category 2 allocation
- Straight line
- proportional
- specific ⇒ dist identifies sites
USAC Web Site
- bidding clock on usac SL web site
- search tools ⇒ need building entity number (BEN)
- Data Retrieval tools ⇒ use Select Data Points
EPC Portal
- RFPs posted to EPC news section ⇒ can find sample RFPs
- Go to Tasks to see reminders and upcoming deadlines
- Go to Records to see list of filed 470s, E-Rate consultants
- My Landing Page ⇒ located under the Reports tab
- Go to Actions to get to Contact, Search and Export for 470, 471, customer service
- Fill out 470 at My Landing Page
misc/2016eratetraining.txt · Last modified: 2016/03/08 11:35 by tschulz
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