Year 6 (FY 2003-2004), Wave 3 E-rate Funding Committed
Message Posted May 22, 2003

Congratulations to the following 45 Pennsylvania schools and libraries that will be receiving Year 6, Wave 3 E-rate Funding Commitment Letters, totaling $1,696,647.28.

A summary of each commitment is listed below, and detailed information will be posted next week on the SLD web site under Funding Commitments at: http://www.sl.universalservice.org/funding/.

If you find that your funding commitment letter does not arrive in a timely manner, please call the SLD ASAP to get a replacement (888-203-8100). All Year 6 correspondence will be sent in YELLOW.

A wave will be arriving every other week until the Year 6 funding is exhausted. If you were not funded in this wave, don't panic. This wave consists of applications that ONLY contained requests for Priority 1 services (telecom and Internet). There are many, many more waves coming (there are 28 waves in Year 5 so far), and your commitment likely will be in one of the upcoming waves.

A few very important notes:
YOUR FCDL IS NOT THE LAST STEP. YOU NOW MUST FILE THE FORM 486.

* The 486 tells the SLD 3 things:
1) that they are authorized to pay invoices (either BEAR or SPIFs)
2) which SLD-certified approver approved your technology plan
3) that you are or will be CIPA compliant by July 1, 2003.

If you would like to get a jump start and file your 486 before the funding year begins, you may do so if:
1) your technology plan has been approved
2) you are CIPA compliant
3) services will begin by July 31, 2003

If all 3 of these statements are correct, you may file the 486 and check item 6A on the Form 486 and must have your Form 486 is postmarked by July 31. If any of these is not true, you must wait until services actually begin (after July 1, 2003), then file your Form 486 within 120 of the service start date or the date on the funding commitment letter, whichever is later. The 486 is available in paper form under the "SLD Forms" section of their website, or if you want to submit it electronically, it is available in electronic format under the "Apply Online" section of their site.

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

E-rate Year 6, Wave 3

Applicant Amount
ABINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DIST $37,407.41
ALLENTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT $95,919.83
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER $30,566.38
ALTOONA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT $80,651.59
ANTIETAM SCHOOL DISTRICT $8,225.23
BIG SPRING SCHOOL DISTRICT $26,214.55
BISHOP O'HARA H.S. $3,306.02
CATHEDRAL CENTER $1,372.80
CCBC PREVENTION PROJECT $5,385.60
CHAMPION CHRISTIAN SCHOOL $8,528.40
CHARTIERS HOUSTON SCHOOL DIST $6,038.17
CLELIAN HEIGHTS SCHOOL $9,150.52
CORRY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT $40,824.12
CUMBERLAND-PERRY AVTS DISTRICT $289.39
DERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT $41,540.11
DIRECT CONNECTION INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING $2,795.69
EAST LYCOMING SCHOOL DISTRICT $13,580.80
ERIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT $243,398.52
GLEN MILLS SCHOOLS $147,848.87
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL $1,943.04
HOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE $41,035.39
KISKI AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT $75,731.14
LEWISBURG AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT $60,475.58
MANITO INC. ADMINISTRATION $29,261.30
MIDLAND BOROUGH SCHOOL DIST $64,195.20
MILLCREEK TWP SCHOOL DISTRICT $54,260.13
MONESSEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT $20,618.11
MONTGOMERY COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT $86,396.43
NAZARETH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT $22,087.82
NORTH PENN SCHOOL DISTRICT $140,170.80
NORTHERN CAMBRIA CATHOLIC SCH $1,252.80
OUR MOTHER-CONSOLATION SCHOOL $1,161.60
PETERS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DIST $12,960.00
POTTSGROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT $40,835.33
QUBA INSTITUTE $2,440.80
RICE AVENUE COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY $864.00
SCHUYLKILL VALLEY SCHOOL DIST $24,139.20
ST ALPHONSUS SCHOOL $1,778.12
ST BASIL ACADEMY $9,890.11
ST CLAIR ELEM MIDDLE SCHOOL $11,340.00
ST GABRIEL SCHOOL $1,937.40
UNIONVILLE-CHADDS FORD SCHOOL DISTRICT $22,190.49
VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL OF CHESTER-UPLAND $21,306.24
WEST GREENE SCHOOL DISTRICT $104,208.87
WEST MIFFLIN AREA SCHOOL DIST $41,123.38
Total for Wave 3 $1,696,647.28

Julie Tritt Schell