{"id":22541,"date":"2017-11-01T02:06:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T02:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=22541"},"modified":"2017-11-02T02:07:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T02:07:31","slug":"form-470-and-category-2-webinars-scheduled-for-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=22541","title":{"rendered":"Form 470 and Category 2 Webinars Scheduled for Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 1, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Next week there will be three separate webinars held to provide additional training for PA applicants (no vendors), with all content related to competitive bidding for FY 2018.\u00a0 The first webinar will be devoted to filing the Form 470 and will be relevant to all applicants, particularly those who have never filed or want a quick refresher.\u00a0 The next day, two separate webinars will be devoted to Category 2 \u2013 the E-rate funding mechanism that provides discounts for networking equipment and infrastructure within a school or library building.\u00a0 The morning C2 webinar will be for nonpublic schools and libraries, and the afternoon C2 webinar will be for public schools only. \u00a0The webinars will cover the same general topics, but will have different content depending on the entity type as Pennsylvania public schools have much different requirements\/options than nonpublic schools and libraries.\u00a0 No registration is required.\u00a0 Webinars are best viewed in Chrome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Form 470 Training<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, November 8<\/p>\n<p>1:00 \u2013 2:30<\/p>\n<p>Link to webinar:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/us.bbcollab.com\/guest\/e2604c3e1c2e404ca22cc96eb66c3c3a\">https:\/\/us.bbcollab.com\/guest\/e2604c3e1c2e404ca22cc96eb66c3c3a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Agenda:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purpose of 470<\/li>\n<li>Timeline to submit<\/li>\n<li>Changes to 470 from last year<\/li>\n<li>Demonstration of Form 470 in EPC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 2 Training \u2013 Nonpublic Schools and Libraries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, November 9<\/p>\n<p>11:00 \u2013 12:30<\/p>\n<p>Link to webinar:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/us.bbcollab.com\/guest\/01cbc95fd681465dade440455e42b44a\">https:\/\/us.bbcollab.com\/guest\/01cbc95fd681465dade440455e42b44a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 2 Training \u2013 Public Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, November 9<\/p>\n<p>1:30 \u2013 3:00 \u2013 <strong>Public Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Link to webinar:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/us.bbcollab.com\/guest\/cd9609ac16a9441f9465fed266b0cc1e\">https:\/\/us.bbcollab.com\/guest\/cd9609ac16a9441f9465fed266b0cc1e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Agenda:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What\u2019s Eligible<\/li>\n<li>C2 Budget Caps (and determining what\u2019s remaining if you applied in FY 2015, FY 2016, or FY 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Procurement Options and Bidding Requirements for PA Applicants<\/li>\n<li>Category 2 Purchasing Timeline<\/li>\n<li>Post-Funding Commitment To-Do List<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, additional guidance will be sent to the listserve related to Category 2 in the coming days so you can come to the training prepared with questions.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you next week!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Julie<\/p>\n<p>Julie Tritt Schell<br \/>\nPA E-rate Coordinator<br \/>\n717-730-7133 &#8211; o<br \/>\n717-730-9060 &#8211; f<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jtschell@comcast.net\">jtschell@comcast.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local\">www.e-ratepa.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Penn*link<\/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>November 1, 2017<\/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-22541","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\/22541","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=22541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}