Act 183 E-Fund Applications Guidelines Available
Message posted June 15, 2005
To All School E-rate Contacts:
In November 2004, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed Act 183 and included in that legislation was the creation of an annual $10 million E-Fund to assist schools with purchasing telecommunications services, hardware, technical assistance and distance education over the next six years. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has just released the E-Fund Grant Guidelines (please see message below). The actual application to submit E-Fund grant proposals will open on June 30, 2005, and the deadline to submit proposals is October 31, 2005. The anticipated announcement date of E-Fund grant awards will be December 15, 2005.
Because many of the services eligible for E-Fund reimbursement are also E-rate eligible, you will see that the grant guidelines are written in a manner which will satisfy the requirements of both programs. Please read the E-Fund grant guidelines closely and if you have any E-rate-specific questions, please feel free to e-mail me at jtschell@comcast.net.
-- Julie
Julie Tritt Schell
jtschell@comcast.net
(717) 730.7133 (voice)
(717) 730.9060 (fax)
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