{"id":1300,"date":"2014-07-22T20:43:31","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T20:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erate-development.caiu.org\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2014-07-22T20:45:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T20:45:08","slug":"fcc-adopts-e-rate-reforms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=1300","title":{"rendered":"FCC Adopts E-rate Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 13, 2014<\/p>\n<p>~ 2 Webinars Scheduled ~<\/p>\n<p>Today the FCC adopted sweeping reforms to many aspects of the E-rate program which will become effective beginning in Funding Year 2015.\u00a0 Details of the 158+ page Order will not be released until at least next week, and I will provide a full summary to the listserve after I know the full extent of the changes.\u00a0 In addition, I will also be scheduling a series of webinars in the coming weeks, FAQs, etc. to ensure that every PA applicant is prepared for what&#8217;s to come.\u00a0 The first two webinars (identical) will be held on Monday, July 21 from 9 &#8211; 11:30, and Thursday, July 24 from 1 &#8211; 3:30.\u00a0 No pre-registration is required and I will send additional information about accessing the webinars next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Fact-Sheet_E-RateModernizationOrder_FINAL.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Attached is the FCC&#8217;s very high-level Fact Sheet<\/a> released today that is worth reviewing.\u00a0 The information that I&#8217;ll provide in the webinars will be much more comprehensive and will cover changes to the following program areas (at least).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>District-wide Discount Calculations for Priority 1 and 2<\/li>\n<li>Priority 1 Service Eligibility Changes and Voice Phase Out Schedule<\/li>\n<li>Priority 1 Bidding Exemptions for Certain Services<\/li>\n<li>Priority 1 Bundled\/Free Equipment Limitations<\/li>\n<li>Priority 2 Service\/Equipment Eligibility Changes and Additions<\/li>\n<li>Priority 2 Discount Matrix Changes<\/li>\n<li>Priority 2 Funding Caps and Floor per School\/Library<\/li>\n<li>Priority 2 Annual Funding Targets\/Availability<\/li>\n<li>Community Eligibility Provision 1.6 Multiplier for NSLP<\/li>\n<li>Technology Plan Requirement Changes<\/li>\n<li>Electronic Filing Requirement for Forms<\/li>\n<li>Expanded Document Retention Rules<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of National Broadband Goals<\/li>\n<li>GSA Contract and Reverse Auctions Provisions<\/li>\n<li>Lowest Corresponding Price Safe Harbor<\/li>\n<li>Data Collection Expansion<\/li>\n<li>Consortium Incentives<\/li>\n<li>Pricing Transparency<\/li>\n<li>Preferred Master Contracts<\/li>\n<li>Consortia Application Processing<\/li>\n<li>Multi-Year Contract Application Streamlining<\/li>\n<li>Direct BEAR Invoicing<\/li>\n<li>Audits<\/li>\n<li>Further NPRM on Several Issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=eratepenn\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 13, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listserve_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}