{"id":27801,"date":"2018-10-30T01:48:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T01:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=27801"},"modified":"2018-10-31T01:51:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T01:51:03","slug":"e-rate-for-beginners-category-2-webinars-scheduled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=27801","title":{"rendered":"E-rate for Beginners &#038; Category 2 Webinars Scheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>October 30, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>~ Register Now ~<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next week there will be three separate webinars held to provide additional E-rate training for PA schools and libraries (no vendors).\u00a0 The first webinar will be \u201cE-rate for Beginners\u201d \u2013 a condensed training session for those applicants new to the program who could not attend one of the three, full-day training sessions held this fall.\u00a0 \u00a0The next two 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 C2 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\u00a0 Registration is required to participate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-rate for PA Beginners <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, November 8<\/p>\n<p>10:00 \u2013 11:30<\/p>\n<p>Link to registration:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/6cd5bf51eec553557510d14dfea9e911\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/6cd5bf51eec553557510d14dfea9e911<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 2 Training \u2013 Nonpublic Schools and Libraries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, November 9<\/p>\n<p>10:00 \u2013 11:00<\/p>\n<p>Link to registration: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/0e04402c920c778d7510d14dfea9e911\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/0e04402c920c778d7510d14dfea9e911<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 2 Training \u2013 Public Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, November 9<\/p>\n<p>1:00 \u2013 2:30<\/p>\n<p>Link to registration: <a href=\"https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/39433ce1bfb01b297c24e00bf0acd2b8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/39433ce1bfb01b297c24e00bf0acd2b8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AGENDA<\/strong> for both Category 2 webinars:<\/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, FY 2017, or FY 2018)<\/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>I 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\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>October 30, 2018<\/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-27801","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\/27801","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=27801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}