Year 12 (2009-2010), Wave 20 E-rate Funding Committed!
Message Posted September 10, 2009

~ Have you registered yet for E-rate training? ~

If you are new to the E-rate program or need a refresher, it's time to register for training! Simply go to: http://www.e-ratepa.org/training_outreach.htm.

Congratulations to the following 14 Pennsylvania schools and libraries that will be receiving Year 12, Wave 20 E-rate Funding Commitment Letters, totaling $2,687,398.87. 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) and Priority 2 services (internal connections and basic maintenance). There are many, many more waves coming, and your commitment will be in one of the upcoming waves.

The next step for those entities funded in Waves 1-20 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 available at http://www.slforms.universalservice.org/Form486exp/SearchEntity.aspx. And because the funding year has now begun, there is no requirement to check 6A on the form which indicated early filing. For tips on filing the 486 and an example of a completed form, see: http://www.e-ratepa.org/Listserve-Archive/2009/05-11-09.htm. * Please note that the Online Form 486 is not currently available due to the SLD IT Upgrade. It should be available again beginning September 14*

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

Applicant Amount
Athens Area School District $ 85,517.04
Carbon Career And Technical Institute $ 20,934.00
Central Elementary School $ 15,840.00
Corpus Christi School $ 3,397.39
Craig Academy $ 4,715.28
Diocese of Allentown Schools $ 62,028.72
Green Tree School $ 119,313.00
Monessen City School District $ 465,352.41
Pittsburgh School District $1,564,712.67
Portage Area School District $ 57,302.10
St. Gabriel School $ 2,908.32
Sugar Valley Rural Charter School $ 5,999.52
Uniontown Area School District $ 174,787.80
Upper Merion Area School Dist $ 104,590.62
Year 12, Wave 20 Total $2,687,398.87

-- Julie