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E-Rate Training

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

http://www.usac.org/sl/
bidding clock on usac SL web site
search tools ⇒ need building entity number (BEN)
Data Retrieval tools ⇒ use Select Data Points
SPIN Search Tools

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