E-rate Update - Year Two E-rate Application Window to Open Dec. 1, 1998
Message Posted September 30, 1998
APPLICATION WINDOW TO OPEN DECEMBER 1, 1998, FOR SECOND
YEAR OF E-RATE FUNDING
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has established December 1, 1998 as the new opening date to file applications for the
1999 / 2000 E-Rate funding period.
This action, which changes the opening date from October 1, 1998 to December 1, 1998, has several benefits. It allows schools and libraries
to obtain E-Rate funding commitments for the first funding period, and assess their future technology needs in light of those first commitments,
before filing applications for the second funding period. The additional time provided by the December 1, 1998 opening date will also give new
applicants the opportunity to apply the benefits of lessons learned by the SLC in the first year of the program. The SLC plans to make available
such guidance soon after funding commitment decisions letters for the first funding period have been released.
This decision was adopted by the FCC on September 28, 1998 in the Seventh Order on Reconsideration (CC Docket No. 96-45). As a result of
this decision, schools and libraries may begin to file applications on December 1, 1998, for the 1999 / 2000 E-Rate funding period, which
runs from July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000.
The FCC also directed the SLC to determine the length of the filing window by October 30, 1998. The SLC Board is now considering the
question of the window's duration. Recognizing the importance of the window to the planning of competitive procurement schedules, the SLC
will announce the length of the window as soon as possible.
Recipients of this E-mail message are encouraged to re-post it and distribute it as widely as possible.
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John P. Bailey
Director 717-705-4486
Office of Educational Technology 717-787-7222 (fax)
Pennsylvania Department of Education assist@microserve.net
333 Market Street www.cas.psu.edu/pde.html
Harrisburg, PA 17126 www.L2L.org
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