Year 8 (FY 2005-2006), Wave 12 E-rate Funding Committed
Message posted September 12, 2005
Congratulations to the following 18 Pennsylvania schools and libraries that will be receiving Year 8, Wave 12 E-rate Funding Commitment Letters, totaling $8,296,219.43.
This wave consists of requests for Priority 1 services (telecom and Internet). If your 471 application status states "Certified - In Window" or "In Review" it means that your application is in the queue to be reviewed, but that they just haven't gotten to it yet (to check, go to: "471 Application Status on the SLD website: http://www.sl.universalservice.org/FY3_form471/471StatusCheck.asp).
**** Although we were told in early August that priority 2 funding would be arriving by mid-August, the FCC decided to hold-up that funding flow. No official will provide a reason for the delay, but we now believe that the earlier reasons likely have been overshadowed by the hurricane relief efforts. We will be tracking these events closely, and I will let you know if there will be any changes -- outside of delays -- in priority 2 funding.
IF YOU WERE FUNDED IN WAVE 12, THE NEXT STEP IS TO FILE THE 486 -- NOW!
This form tells the SLD 3 things:
1) that they are authorized to pay invoices (either BEAR or SPIFs)
2) that your technology plan has been approved (and by which SLD-certified approver)
3) that you were CIPA compliant by July 1, 2005.
For applicants requesting discounted bills this year, the service provider must receive a copy of the 486 approval letter before they can begin discounting your bills. So the sooner you file this form, the better.
The 486 can be filed electronically under the "apply online" section of the SLD's website at www.sl.universalservice.org (on the right side toolbar). You can submit this form electronically even if you don't have a PIN number. If that's the case, simply hit submit, then print out the signature page and mail that to the SLD. If you would prefer to file the paper form, it's located on the SLD's website under the "SLD Forms" section (on the left side toolbar).
Because the start of the funding year has begun (July 1), you should skip item 6A on the Form 486 (for early filing). Also, if you're CIPA compliant, you can also skip boxes 6B and 6C.
If you have any questions, please contact me at jtschell@comcast.net.
E-rate Year 8, Wave 12
Entity Amount
Central Bucks School Dist $ 132,580.80
Danville Area School District $ 11,400.62
Easton Area Public Library $ 11,216.40
Hollidaysburg Area Sch Dist $ 50,230.88
Intermediate Unit 06 $ 40,807.20
Jersey Shore Area Sch District $ 4,992.00
Lewisburg Area School District $ 20,502.00
Line Mountain School District $ 1,934.40
Littlestown Area School Dist $ 9,817.20
Mahanoy Area School District $ 576.00
North Schuylkill School Dist $ 13,287.00
Northeast Bradford School Dist $ 5,569.20
Philadelphia School District $7,852,363.00
Pleasant Valley School Dist $ 71,926.24
Pottsville Area School Dist $ 32,395.01
Selinsgrove Area School Dist $ 26,176.68
Troy Area School District $ 10,444.80
Total, Year 8, Wave 12 $8,296,219.43
Julie Tritt Schell
jtschell@comcast.net
(717) 730.7133 (voice)
(717) 730.9060 (fax)
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