September 5, 2014<\/p>\n
Happy Back-To-School, E-raters!<\/strong> E-rate Beginners Training<\/strong> in PA <\/strong>– On Monday I will be announcing the dates and locations of the fall E-rate trainings in PA. \u00a0Please be sure to register for one of these all-new training sessions that will cover the entire application process and all of the new changes to E-rate for FY 2015.\u00a0 Seats are expected to fill up quickly, so please register early.<\/p>\n E-rate 2.0 Training <\/strong>– Over the last several weeks, several webinars have been held to provide technology directors, business managers, school board members, IUs, service providers and libraries with all of the changes that are coming to the E-rate program.\u00a0 If you missed one of these webinars, the online archives of several sessions can be found at: https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?page_id=745<\/a>.<\/p>\n FY 2015 Form 470 NOT YET Available<\/strong> – The FCC is revising the Form 470 to reflect some of the E-rate 2.0 changes and I expect that the new version won’t be available until October.\u00a0 However, if you are seeking contracted services and would like to post a 470 now, you can use the existing Form 470 that’s online and just mention in Item 13 that this is for FY 2015 services.\u00a0 You may NOT use the existing 470 if the services are just being procured on a month-to-month basis.\u00a0 For MTM services, you will have to wait until the FY 2015 is available.<\/p>\n FY 2013 and FY 2012 BEAR Deadline: October 28, 2014<\/strong> – For those applicants that did NOT receive discounted bills during FY 2013, the official deadline to submit the Form 472 BEAR to collect reimbursement funding is October 28, 2014.\u00a0 Unlike other years when USAC was flexible with this deadline, the rules have changed.\u00a0 All BEARs must be submitted by the deadline and late-filed BEARs will be denied.\u00a0 Invoice (BEAR) deadline extensions will be granted for a single 120 day period IF the requests are submitted before the October 28 deadline.\u00a0 After that, you must submit a waiver request with the FCC and have a truly significant reason for missing the deadline.\u00a0 For a list of applicants that need to submit BEARs, see https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=2141<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FY 2014 Form 486s<\/strong> – If you HAVE been funded for FY 2014, please don’t forget to file your Form 486 to ‘turn-on’ funding with USAC.\u00a0 I will send a list of applicants with 486 due dates in early October.\u00a0 If you have NOT yet been funded for FY 2014, you can’t file the Form 486 until you receive your FCDL.<\/p>\n If you have any questions about any of these issues, please don’t hesitate to contact me at jtschell@comcast.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n — Julie<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Julie Tritt Schell 717-730-7133 – o <\/p>\n penn*link<\/p>\n\n
\nI wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with an E-rate update on several pending issues:<\/p>\n
\nPA E-rate Coordinator<\/p>\n
\n717-730-9060 – f
\njtschell@comcast.net<\/a>
\nwww.e-ratepa.org<\/a><\/p>\n