{"id":1391,"date":"2014-08-08T02:57:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T02:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2014-08-14T19:36:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T19:36:36","slug":"e-rate-changes-what-service-providers-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"E-rate Changes: What Service Providers Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 31, 2014<\/p>\n<p>The PA Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU) is pleased to announce a 2-hour webinar to provide all E-rate service providers with valuable information related to the FCC&#8217;s recent E-rate Reform Order.\u00a0 While all of the changes affect schools and libraries, most of the Order&#8217;s new rules and requirements also affect all E-rate service providers as well beginning in Funding Year 2015.\u00a0 The webinar will be presented by Julie Tritt Schell, PA E-rate Coordinator and Debra Kriete, PAIUnet Legal Counsel, both experts in all matters E-rate.\u00a0 A list of the topics to be presented during the webinar is below and there will be ample time for Q &amp; A.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>:\u00a0 August 13, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a0 9 a.m. &#8211; 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fee<\/strong>:\u00a0 $150 per attendee<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration<\/strong>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/paiu.org\/erate_registration.php\">https:\/\/paiu.org\/erate_registration.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After registration your reservation is received, log-in credentials will be e-mailed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEBINAR AGENDA <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following topics will be explained in detail during the webinar.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>District-wide Discount Calculations for Priority 1 and 2<\/li>\n<li>Priority 1 Service Eligibility Changes, including E-mail, Webhosting, Wireless Data, and Voice Services<\/li>\n<li>Voice Phase Out Schedule<\/li>\n<li>Priority 1 Bidding Exemptions for Commercially Available Internet Packages<\/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 E-rate Funding Targets\/Availability (how much money is set-aside for P2)<\/li>\n<li>Priority 2 Early Installation<\/li>\n<li>Stricter Invoicing Deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Electronic Filing Requirement for Forms<\/li>\n<li>Expanded Document Retention Rules<\/li>\n<li>Adoption of National Broadband Goals<\/li>\n<li>National Preferred Master Contracts<\/li>\n<li>Lowest Corresponding Price<\/li>\n<li>Data Collection Expansion<\/li>\n<li>Pricing Transparency<\/li>\n<li>Direct BEAR Invoicing<\/li>\n<li>Audits<\/li>\n<li>Further NPRM on Several Issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For questions related to registration, please contact Lisa Bonebrake at <a href=\"lbonebrake@paiu.org\">lbonebrake@paiu.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1591\" src=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ThomasGluck.jpg\" alt=\"ThomasGluck\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" \/>Tom Gluck<\/p>\n<p>PAIU Executive Director<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 31, 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-1391","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\/1391","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=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}