{"id":32037,"date":"2019-12-04T02:07:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T02:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=32037"},"modified":"2019-12-05T02:09:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T02:09:17","slug":"category-2-bidding-webinars-scheduled-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32037","title":{"rendered":"Category 2 Bidding Webinars Scheduled Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">December 4, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>~ Separate trainings for Public Schools &amp; Non-Public Schools\/Libraries ~<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>~ Register Now ~<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the \u201cCategory 2 Changes Webinar\u201d to explain the FCC\u2019s new C2 Order being held next Tuesday, I have scheduled two additional webinars to provide PA public schools, nonpublic schools and libraries with refresher training on Category 2\u00a0eligibility and competitive bidding. \u00a0Category 2 is the E-rate funding mechanism that provides discounts for networking equipment and infrastructure\u00a0within\u00a0a school or library building.\u00a0 Both bidding webinars will cover 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>Category 2 Bidding \u2013 Nonpublic Schools and Libraries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, December 11<\/p>\n<p>10:00 a.m. \u2013 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Link to registration: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/v5wodOivqDkv8qL7jWO2NfWOt31c7uH0bA\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/v5wodOivqDkv8qL7jWO2NfWOt31c7uH0bA&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575597254233000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkRP_HvJPWDcFmq3v8FWC3s8IB1w\">https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/v5wodOivqDkv8qL7jWO2NfWOt31c7uH0bA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 2 Bidding \u2013 Public Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, December 12<\/p>\n<p>10:00 a.m. \u2013 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Link to registration: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/v5wlcO6vrz4pTkI-D7DOJz0wv4TzYSWkLQ\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/v5wlcO6vrz4pTkI-D7DOJz0wv4TzYSWkLQ&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575597254233000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_NdZP5OhwBvxj9PRgwj3-YpuQvA\">https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/v5wlcO6vrz4pTkI-D7DOJz0wv4TzYSWkLQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AGENDA<\/strong>\u00a0for both Category 2 Bidding Webinars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What\u2019s Eligible<\/li>\n<li>C2 Building Budget Caps for FY 2020 (quick recap)<\/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>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 2 Changes (previously announced)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, December 10<\/p>\n<p>11:00 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Link to registration:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/u5UlcO6hqzsts73Lmbx5fmvIFqB5nKsn_w\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/u5UlcO6hqzsts73Lmbx5fmvIFqB5nKsn_w&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575597254234000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEeQ2-KjHJeHF_S6IIiCVJbbrQcdg\">https:\/\/paiu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/u5UlcO6hqzsts73Lmbx5fmvIFqB5nKsn_w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I look forward to seeing you next week!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Julie<\/p>\n<p>Julie Tritt Schell<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania E-rate Coordinator<br \/>\n717-730-7133 &#8211; o<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jtschell@comcast.net\">jtschell@comcast.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575597254234000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGy4rSrMKaFuMP_zpM7cGZ_kVbikQ\">www.e-ratepa.org<\/a><\/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>December 4, 2019<\/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-32037","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\/32037","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=32037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}