Year 12 (2009-2010) Wave 2 E-rate Funding Committed!
Message Posted May 4, 2009

Congratulations to the following 121 Pennsylvania schools and libraries that will be receiving Year 12, Wave 2 E-rate Funding Commitment Letters, totaling $3,033,279.51! A summary of each commitment is listed below. All Year 12 correspondence will be sent in YELLOW.
A wave will be arriving every week until the Year 12 funding is exhausted. This wave consists of requests for Priority 1 services (telecom and Internet). There are many, many more waves coming, and your commitment will be in one of the upcoming waves. To assist you in understanding the funding waves, there is a Q & A posted at the end of this message.

The next step for those entities funded in Waves 1 and 2 will be to file the Form 486 which tells the SLD it's OK to pay invoices, who approved your technology plan, and that you are CIPA compliant. The Online Form 486 for FY 2009 is now available and applicants listed below may file the form early as long as your technology plan has been approved and your recurring services will begin on or before July 31, 2009. I will be sending a message to the listserve shortly with instructions on how to complete that form.

If you have any questions, please contact me at jtschell@comcast.net.

E-rate Year 12, Wave 2
Applicant Amount
Academy Of The Blessed Virgin Mary $ 13,190.04
All Sts School $ 2,275.10
Allegheny Valley School Dist $ 23,868.63
Allentown Central Catholic High School $ 10,183.49
Aquinas Academy $ 4,135.10
Avon Grove School District $ 32,040.00
Baden Memorial Library $ 499.80
Beaver Area School District $ 6,048.00
Bible Baptist School $ 759.24
Bucks County Technical School $ 7,414.56
Burrell School District $ 43,171.78
California Area School Dist $ 16,438.97
Canton Area School District $ 13,239.82
Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21 $ 94,990.44
Catasauqua Area School Dist $ 10,260.00
Central Catholic High School $ 7,655.42
Charleroi Area School District $ 18,298.72
Conn Area Catholic School $ 1,287.00
Damascus Elementary School $ 18.73
Danville Area School District $ 31,897.62
Downingtown Area School Dist $ 30,094.80
East Lycoming School District $ 6,993.72
Eastern Lancaster Co Sch Dist $ 1,485.00
Easton Area School District $ 33,000.00
Elizabeth-Forward Sch District $ 120,213.63
Elizabethtown Area School Dist $ 53,373.67
Elk Lake School District $ 11,520.00
Ellwood City Area School Dist $ 29,399.70
Fairhill Community High School $ 12,000.00
Forest Hills School District $ 34,826.40
Free Lib Of Northampton Twp $ 1,001.23
Garnet Valley School District $ 22,447.63
Gettysburg Area School Dist $ 51,370.44
Greater Latrobe School Dist $ 36,993.60
Greater Nanticoke Ar Sch Dist $ 57,951.72
Hamburg Area School District $ 25,055.63
Highlands School District $ 99,383.04
Hollidaysburg Area Sch Dist $ 63,648.31
Holy Guardian Angels School $ 1,379.40
Holy Trinity Elementary School $ 1,194.12
Juniata Valley School District $ 22,632.94
Keystone Central School Dist $ 105,984.00
Kiski Area School District $ 147,458.91
Kutztown Area School District $ 31,631.99
Lackawanna Trail School Dist $ 31,622.71
Lake-Lehman School District $ 50,342.40
Lancaster Catholic High School $ 6,100.61
Lebanon School District $ 78,440.38
Lehighton Area School District $ 6,507.30
Lower Moreland Twp School Dist $ 24,079.97
Lycoming Career And Technology Center $ 2,494.80
Manheim Township School Dist $ 27,140.40
Methacton School District $ 66,727.78
Mid Valley School District $ 32,455.29
Mifflin-Juniata Career & Technology Center $ 17,488.80
Minersville Public Library $ 1,671.60
Mon Valley Area Voc-Tech Sch $ 9,183.54
Montgomery Co-Norristown Library $ 1,634.11
Montoursville Area School Dist $ 1,762.50
Montrose Area School District $ 111,867.60
Moshannon Valley School Dist $ 14,742.00
Mother Of Sorrows School $ 3,519.31
Mountain View School District $ 14,235.00
Muhlenberg School District $ 36,093.53
Muncy Public Library $ 251.34
New Kensington-Arnold District $ 7,021.71
Northeast Bradford School Dist $ 4,149.52
Northern Bedford Co Sch Dist $ 3,135.60
Northumberland Co Ctc $ 1,559.23
Norwin School District $ 4,999.18
Octorara Area School District $ 43,710.00
Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart H.S. $ 6,497.40
Palisades School District $ 23,707.20
Parkland School District $ 6,000.00
Phoenixville Area Sch District $ 51,672.74
Pittston Memorial Library $ 1,344.00
Pottsville Area School Dist $ 853.63
Preparatory Charter School $ 20,699.42
Riverside Beaver Co Sch Dist $ 5,785.80
Riverview School District $ 2,340.00
Rose Tree Media School District $ 47,200.00
Sayre Area School District $ 35,460.00
Shade Central City School Dist $ 7,931.09
Shaler Area School District $ 243,054.95
Shamokin-Coal Twp Pub Library $ 2,220.00
Shenandoah Valley Sch District $ 19,891.20
Somerset Area School District $ 51,518.42
South Park School District $ 36,804.22
South Side Area School District $ 14,314.38
Southern Lehigh School Dist $ 37,009.82
St Bernard School $ 2,004.60
St Frances Cabrini School $ 1,320.00
St John Evangelist School $ 2,641.92
St John The Baptist School $ 2,208.72
St Mary School $ 3,012.11
St Matthew School $ 2,529.00
St Michael The Archangel School $ 3,042.96
St Philip Neri School $ 2,092.32
St Rosalia School $ 1,850.04
St Sebastian School $ 1,825.56
St Theresa School $ 2,433.03
Sto-Rox School District $ 25,947.75
Sullivan County School Dist $ 13,400.68
Susquehanna Twp School Dist $ 41,311.61
The Cardinal Maida Academy $ 2,330.40
The Christian Academy $ 4,872.00
Tri Valley School District $ 25,466.57
Tuscarora School District $ 49,412.02
Twin Valley School District $ 31,839.99
Upper Bucks Voc-Tech School $ 2,995.20
Upper Moreland Twp School Dist $ 18,831.60
Upper St Clair Twp District $ 3,199.97
Villa Maria Academy Lower Sch $ 800.23
Wallingford-Swarthmore Dist $ 85,699.20
Weatherly Area School District $ 8,447.40
West Chester Area District $ 9,975.02
West Middlesex Area Sch Dist $ 10,830.00
Whitehall-Coplay School Dist $ 15,713.74
Williams Valley School Dist $ 8,063.72
Wyoming Area School District $ 67,809.05
Wyoming Seminary Lower School $ 25,420.28
Year 12, Wave 2 Total $ 3,033,279.51

FAQ's on Waves

* This wave only contains funding for priority one services -- telecommunications services and Internet access. There is sufficient funding for all approved Priority 1 requests, however, given total demand of nearly $3.986 billion with funds available of $2.25 billion, it is too early to determine how much funding will be available for internal connections.

* If you disagree with a funding commitment decision, an appeal letter MUST be received at the SLD within 60 days of the date that is on the decision letter (not the letter's postmark date).

1. How will I be notified of my E-rate Funding Commitment?
The SLD will be sending out Funding Commitment Decision Letters to inform applicants of their E-rate discounts. These letters will be mailed in waves, rather than waiting for all applications to be fully processed before issuing any letters. Only those applicants who submitted complete requests within the "application window" will be receiving Funding Commitment Decision letters.

2. 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 every week. As each wave is sent, the SLD will announce its size and post state-by-state information on their Web Site.

3. 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 Decision Letter might be in. The SLD will post information about each wave on their public Web Site the first business day after it has been mailed.

4. Will I receive only one Funding Commitment Decision Letter?
No, not necessarily. The SLD will issue Funding Commitment Decision Letters according to the FCC's rules of priority (See questions 5 -6 for details) when answers are known about any of the requests made in your application(s). If you submitted multiple Form 471 applications for services, you will receive more than one Funding Commitment Decision Letter.

5. How is each wave formed?
There are three factors that determine how each wave is formed:

a) The FCC Rules of Priority: There are two rules of priority.
"Priority One" requests are for discounts on telecommunications services and Internet access and "Priority Two" requests are for discounts on internal connections. If "Priority One" services can be fully funded, discount requests for internal connections, or "Priority Two" services, are funded beginning with the highest need at the 90% discount level.

b) Successful Data Entry: The date when the application was successfully entered into the SLD database will also determine when a Funding Commitment Decision Letter may be sent.

c) Complete Processing: Before a funding commitment can be made, the SLD must complete processing of your application, including the Program Integrity Assurance (PIA) review process. The SLD has set aside funds to cover all telecommunications and Internet access requests received inside the filing window. They will consider priority two" requests - Internal connections requests - if there are remaining funds available.

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, the SLD will consider Internal Connections requests below the 90% discount level, by discount level - 89%, 88%, 87%, etc.

Julie Tritt Schell