Year 2: Wave 1 E-rate Funding Commitments Listed
Message Posted July 13, 1999
As in Year 1, the SLD provides us with an advanced notification of which applicants in our state will be receiving funding commitments in each wave. Congratulations to the PA applicants listed below for Wave 1. A more detailed description of this list will be posted on the SLD web site (http://www.sl.universalservice.org) within the next few days. At the bottom of this message I have included 14 questions and answers that should help explain the waves, why you may or may not be in each wave, and how many letters you can expect to receive. And finally, a few quick notes and reminders:
This wave mostly represents funding for internet access and telecom services, and is being issued to applicants who filed online, early, and had nearly flawless applications. The four applicants that are receiving funds for internal connections are marked (*). There will probably be at least 10 waves.
Applicants listed here should be receiving their detailed funding commitment letters in the next week or so. A sample of the funding commitment letters will be posted shortly on the SLD web site. Service providers also will be receiving a copy of the applicants' funding commitment letters.
The next step is to file a Form 486 to indicate to the SLD that service has begun. The necessary forms will be included in your funding commitment packet.
Applicant for Wave 1 Funding Commitment
Abington Community Library $816.00
Albion Area Public Library $690.00
Allegheny Intermediate Unit $110,237.49
Amelia S. Given Free Library $864.00
Andrew Carnegie Free Library $624.00
Annville Cleona School District $8,640.00
Aquinas Academy $4,152.75
Arrowhead Elementary School $3,657.60
Aston Free Library $384.91
Avella Area School District $3,135.00
Bald Eagle Area School District $10,046.40
Bangor Area School District $10,027.64
Beaver County Federated Library System $3,315.60
Bentworth School District $8,460.00
Berwick Area School District $6,376.06
Bethel Park School District $39,043.20
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library $3,360.00
Birdsboro Community Library $480.00
Blairsville Public Library $882.00
Bloomfield Public Library $456.28
Bloomsburg Area School District $14,320.99
Bosler Free Library $1,200.00
Boyertown Area School District $16,993.45
Brookline Regional School $633.60
Butler Area School District * $1,676.80
Butler Catholic School $1,288.80
California Area School District $16,710.12
Cameron County School District $28,862.40
Career Institute of Technology $1,992.00
Carmichaels Area School District $30,759.00
Carnegie Free Library $2,544.00
Central Columbia School District $4,397.28
Central Greene School District $16,776.00
Central York School District $5,871.94
Charleroi Area School District $13,158.00
Christ the Divine Teacher School $415.44
Clarion County Library System $610.50
Clarion Free Library $1,815.00
Clark Wood Elementary $1,152.00
Community Library of Western Perry County $387.41
Conshohocken-SS-Cosmas/Damian $600.00
Conshohocken-St. Matthew Campus $1,248.00
Cornwall-Lebanon School District $14,568.12
Country Day School Sacred Heart $3,403.20
Cowanesque Valley Jr-Sr High School $2,016.00
Cranberry Public Library $1,440.00
Crawford County AVTS School $2,400.00
Derry Area School District $22,983.40
Diocese of Greensburg Schools $13,116.60
Divine Redeemer School $2,910.00
Downingtown Area School District $2,340.00
DuBois Area School District $41,354.34
Duquesne Catholic School * $2,728.00
Duquesne Education Complex $30,598.12
Easttown Township Public Library $864.00
Ebensburg Free Public Library $849.60
Elimsport Elementary School $1,512.00
Elizabethtown Area School District $23,837.40
Elkland Jr/Sr High School $3,595.00
Ephrata Public Library $408.00
Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic School $2,581.00
Exeter Township School District $16,147.20
Fleetwood Area School District $14,995.20
Forbes Road East AVTS $22,390.00
Franklin Area School District $15,407.28
Frazier School District $3,000.00
Free Library of Springfield Township $1,200.00
Glen Mills Schools * $186,674.40
Glenolden Library $257.33
Greater Canonsburg Public Library $3,145.20
Greater Johnstown School District * $32,000.00
Greenville Area School District $7,830.00
Greenwood Elementary School $2,400.00
Gwynedd Mercy Academy $2,084.75
Hampton Township School District $5,840.59
Hatboro-Horsham School District $30,040.00
Haverford Township Free Library $3,115.20
Hempfield Area School District $55,840.47
Heritage Public Library $600.00
Hillside School $1,411.20
Holy Child School $1,027.20
Holy Cross Elementary School $954.00
Holy Cross School $2,088.80
Holy Family School $1,230.00
Holy Spirit Consolidated School $1,712.10
Homer Center School District $10,530.00
Hopewell Area School District $25,752.00
Huntingdon County Career & Tech Center $4,248.00
Huntingdon County Library $10,767.11
Huntingdon Valley Library $1,440.00
Indiana Area School District $36,108.00
Indiana County Area AVTS $20,034.00
Interboro-United District Library $1,014.72
Intermediate Unit 13 $50,138.50
Jim Thorpe Area School District $4,621.13
Johnsonburg Area School District $19,398.60
Kennett High School $12,400.00
Kennett Middle School $2,400.00
Kiski Area School District $32,679.20
Lampeter-Strasburg School District $1,920.00
Lancaster County AVTS - Willow Street $17,055.20
Lang Elementary School $3,000.00
Lawnton Elementary School $1,848.00
Lehighton Area School District $5,208.00
Ligonier Valley Library $2,100.00
Lockley Elementary School $3,072.00
Lower Merion School District $104,708.06
Lower Providence Community Library $1,370.88
Martin Luther School $43,070.36
Marysville-Rye Library $487.54
Mason-Dixon Public Library $480.00
Mechanicsburg Area Public Library $1,152.00
Methacton Senior High School $12,969.60
Middletown Free Library $446.40
Mifflin County School District $11,337.60
Milanof-Schock Library $384.00
Millville Area School District $12,846.00
Montgomery County Norristown Library $734.40
Mother of Divine Grace School $1,080.00
Mount Carmel Area School District $15,932.00
Mount Lebanon Public Library $2,328.00
Mount St. Joseph Academy $8,880.00
Muhlenberg School District $1,680.00
Narberth Community Library $528.00
New Brighton Area School District $27,114.56
New Castle Public Library $4,320.00
New Garden Elementary School $3,000.00
North East School District $1,087.80
North Schuylkill School District $5,072.76
Northampton Area Public Library $725.58
Northern Lebanon School District $1,986.00
Nothern Tioga School District $36,540.00
Northwest Area School District $25,125.09
Northwestern Lehigh School District $10,905.84
Our Lady of Fatima School $1,036.80
Our Lady of Loreto School $960.00
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School $1,513.98
Our Ladys Christian School $3,750.00
Oxford Area School District $27,918.00
Palmer Elementary School $4,020.00
Palmerton Area High School $2,688.00
Palmerton Area Hr High School $1,344.00
Palmerton Area School District $4,224.00
Panther Valley School District $22,509.24
Paxtonia Elementary School $1,848.00
Penn Hills School District $7,500.00
Penn Manor School District $18,305.28
Pequea Valley High School $3,595.97
Pequea Valley School District $18,449.98
Perkomen Valley Library Inc. $210.72
Peters Township School District $8,745.60
Phoenixville Public Library $960.00
Plum Borough School District $40,555.56
Pocono Mountain School District $80,627.40
Pottsgrove School District $26,000.00
Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library $1,043.19
Prospect Park Free Library $260.50
Queen of Peace School $1,176.00
Rachel Kohl Community Library $600.00
Radnor Township School District $53,419.20
Ringgold School District $81,645.76
Riverside Beaver County School District $15,834.84
Royersford Free Public Library $262.62
Russell Walter Elementary School $798.84
Sacred Heart School $3,550.30
Saint Joan of Arc $1,449.00
Saint Monica School $1,056.00
School of the Holy Child-Rosemont $9,595.20
Schuylkill Haven Area School District $13,167.00
Scottdale Free Public Library $270.00
Shade Central City School District $5,503.43
Shanksville-Stonycreek School $2,550.00
Sharpsville Area School District $5,796.00
Shikellamy School District $40,851.38
Shipley School $9,382.64
Shippensburg Public Library $778.32
Smethport Area School District $7,683.00
Somerset County AVTS District $3,366.79
Southeastern School District $23,406.62
Southern Columbia Area School District $4,946.85
Southern Fulton School District $19,445.88
SS Peter and Paul School $2,274.48
SS Philip and James School $960.00
St. Alphonsus School $1,047.70
St. Andrew School $7,968.67
St. Ann School $517.30
St. Bernard School $744.30
St. Bridget School $763.20
St. Catherine of Siena School $1,444.80
St. Clair Area School District $7,724.22
St. Clare of Assisi School $1,801.34
St. Florian School $675.00
St. Frances Cabrini School $984.00
St. Germaine School $495.99
St. Gertrude School $1,483.20
St. John the Baptist School $540.00
St. Joseph School $3,331.00
St. Joseph the Worker School $3,129.60
St. Katherine of Siena School $3,347.58
St. Madeline-St. Rose School $168.00
St. Mary School $5,785.00
St. Marys Area School District $32,934.60
St. Marys Visitation School $720.00
St. Philip Neri School $1,488.00
St. Pius X School $1,416.00
St. Raphael School $408.00
St. Rosalia School $1,305.00
Steelton-Highspire School District $17,831.58
Stevens Elementary School $2,803.20
Towamensing Elementary School $2,640.00
Township Library-Lower Southampton $505.82
Tri-Community Elementary School $930.00
Trinity Area School District $48,099.80
Twin Valley School District $12,054.00
Tyrone Area School District $2,016.00
Union City Area School District $12,100.80
Uniontown Public Library $1,901.28
Upper Merion Area School District $1,197.20
Upper Merion Township Library $3,600.00
Upper Moreland Free Public Library $1,056.00
Upper Perkiomen School District $33,120.00
Upper Perkiomen Valley Library $489.60
Villa Maria Academy School $4,910.02
Warren County School District $81,984.00
West Jefferson Hills School District $16,320.00
West Middlesex Area School District $7,562.40
West Mifflin Area School District $28,964.88
West Shore Public Library $1,697.60
West Side AVTS $19,778.40
West Side School $3,360.00
Western Beaver County School District $7,590.60
Westfield Area Elementary School $1,152.00
Westfield Public Library $745.86
Westmont Hilltop School District $12,326.40
Williamsburg Community School District $3,185.60
Williamson Jr/Sr High School $2,273.12
Winchester Thurston School $6,267.00
Woodland Hills School District $211,870.43
Word of God School $891.00
Wyomissing Public Library $661.20
York County Library System $6,010.50
York Suburban School District $5,654.40
Yough School District $44,460.00
Sum for State - 243 applicants $2,842,054.05
1. What are the Waves?
The "waves" are actually groups of Funding Commitment Decisions Letters sent by the SLD to applicants and service providers informing them of E-rate discounts. Every Friday, a wave of letters is issued and information about that wave is posted to this Web Site the following Monday. The Schools and Libraries Division generates the waves of letters by processing applications based on the Federal Communications Commission's rules of priority and the timing of when the application was filed within the filing window. To learn more about how the waves are formed, please read through the questions and answers below.
2. How will I be notified of my E-rate Funding Commitment?
The SLD will be sending out Funding Commitment Decisions Letters to inform applicants of their approved E-rate discounts. These letters will be mailed in waves, as decisions are made, rather than waiting for all applications to be fully processed before issuing any letters. You may, therefore, receive more than one letter if your application requested discounts on internal connections. Only those applicants who submitted requests within the "application window" will receive Funding Commitment Decisions Letters during this process. If you filed your application after the window closed, you will be notified after all applications filed within the window have been fully processed. To the extent funds remain, applicants that filed outside of the application filing window will be funded on a first-come, first-serve basis.
3. When will the first wave of letters be sent and how frequently will the waves of letters be sent?
A wave of letters will be mailed to applicants every Friday and a list of recipients in each wave will be posted to the Web Site the following Monday. This process will continue through August and into September. As each wave is sent, we will announce its size (both in funds committed and number of letters) on our Web Site on the day the wave is mailed.
4. How will I know which wave my letter is in?
There is no definitive way to know in advance which wave a particular funding commitment letter might be in. We will post information about each wave on our Web Site the following Monday after it has been mailed and will announce the size of each wave in a Newsflash to our list serv. To obtain a general sense of the timing of your funding commitment, please see questions 7 - 11.
5. How is each wave formed?
There are several criteria that determine how each wave is formed:
The FCC rules of priority: There are two basic levels of priority. "Priority one" requests are all approved requests for discounts for telecommunications services and Internet access; "priority two" requests are for internal connections discounts. The FCC rules state that all "priority one" requests should be funded for all school and library applicants at every discount level.
If funds are sufficient to fully fund "priority one" services, discount requests for internal connections, or "priority two" services, are funded beginning with applicants at a 90% discount level. For information about how funding decisions are made on "priority two" services below 90%, see Questions 5 and 6.
Successful Data Entry: The date when the application was successfully entered into the SLD database will also determine when a funding commitment letter may be sent.
Complete Processing: Before a funding commitment can be made, the SLD must have completed processing of your application, including the Program Integrity Review process.
6. If funds are available for internal connections requests below the 90% discount level, how will SLD make these funding decisions?
Consistent with FCC rules, we will allocate funds to internal connections requests beginning at the 90% discount level and to the extent funds remain, continue to allocate funds by descending discount percentage (for example, 89%, 88%, 87%).
7. Will I get only one funding commitment letter?
No, not necessarily. We will issue funding commitment letters according to the FCCís rules of priority (see Questions 4 & 5 for details) and when decisions have been made on any of the requests made in your application(s). Your discount level and the services you requested will determine if you receive just one letter or more than one letter in response to each application you filed. For example, if you requested only "priority one" services, you will receive one letter with our decision on all of your "priority one" services. If your application included both "priority one" requests and "priority two" (internal connections) requests, and your request is below the 90% discount level, you may get two letters: one with a decision on your priority one services, and a later letter responding to your internal connections requests. If you filed multiple applications, you will receive at least one funding commitment letter in response to each application.
8. My state telecommunications network filed one application covering Internet access for every school in the state. It was a very large and complex application, and seemed to generate a lot of follow-up requests for information from your processing and review staff. When can we expect to hear SLDís funding decision?
As a request for Internet access, this application is top priority in terms of the FCC rules. However, the timing of a Funding Commitment Decisions Letter will also depend on how effectively the state network was able to respond to our follow-up requests, and how quickly the application moved through data entry and Program Integrity Assurance review. If all of those procedures went smoothly, we should be able to make our funding commitment decision and issue a letter in an early wave. Otherwise, the state network may hear from us in a subsequent wave.
9. I sent my Form 471 in to SLD electronically on the earliest possible date--December 29, 1998. How will that affect the timing of my letter?
The timing will depend on the service for which you were seeking discounts and how much time your application spends in Problem Resolution and Program Integrity Assurance review. If there were no questions about eligibility or discount level or if you answered such inquires promptly, AND if your requests were for "priority one" services, then your letter may be in the first waves. Otherwise, you will hear in one of the later waves.
10. I filed my Form 471 on paper and it spent a long time in Problem Resolution. I received a number of phone calls and faxes from SLD offices in Kansas. How will that affect when I get my letter?
The date of successful entry into the data system is one of the three key criteria for forming the waves. The Problem Resolution process was focused completely on readying applications for data entry, so a lengthy Problem Resolution process would mean a later data entry date and therefore later start for review by the Program Integrity Assurance team. If your application does not require lengthy Program Integrity Assurance review, you may still receive your letter in one of the earlier waves.
11. I have some issues still outstanding with your Program Integrity Assurance team based in New Jersey. The extra documentation theyíre looking for might take me several more days to complete. How will that affect when I receive my letter?
To receive a funding commitment, applications must have completed Program Integrity Assurance Review, so you will not get your letter until we have resolved any outstanding Program Integrity Assurance issues with you. A delay in Program Integrity Assurance Review wonít affect your actual funding, only the timing of your commitment decisions letter.
12. Will my Funding Commitment Decisions Letter reflect the corrections I made on my Receipt Acknowledgement Letter?
If you requested allowable corrections and we received them within the two week timeframe, those corrections should be reflected in your Funding Commitment Decisions Letter.
13. What if I have not even received a 471 Receipt Acknowledgement Letter, but Year Two Funding Commitment Decisions Letters have begun to be mailed?
As Funding Commitment Letters begin to flow, there are a small number of applications that are still in the data entry process. We anticipate completing the data entry process soon and many of you have been contacted by our Client Service Bureau about your application. All applicants can be assured that sufficient funds are being set aside for each and every applications received within the window for "priority one" services. Furthermore, if your request for internal connections is at the same discount level request as those in previous wave, you also can be assured that there is sufficient funding for your internal connections requests on your application.
14. Should I expect to see my discount on the next bill from my service provider?
Your service provider will be notified of your funding commitment at the same time you are, and will begin working at that point to implement discounts on your bill. However, service providers cannot put discounts on bills until a Form 486 has been processed for a funding commitment on services. Realistically, discounts will not appear on bills any sooner than the month following the receipt of a Funding Commitment Decision Letter. The SLD will be working with service providers and applicants regarding any reimbursements that might result from funding commitments received after the service start date.
Julie L. Tritt
Executive Policy Specialist
Office of Educational Technology 717/705-4486
Pennsylvania Department of Education 717/787-7222 (fax)
333 Market Street, 10th Floor 00jtritt@psupen.psu.edu
Harrisburg, PA 17126 http://www.l2l.org
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