{"id":32124,"date":"2019-12-18T22:04:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T22:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=32124"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:05:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T22:05:42","slug":"e-rate-to-do-list-before-holiday-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32124","title":{"rendered":"E-rate To-Do List Before Holiday Break!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">December 18, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Happy Holidays, E-raters!\u00a0 USAC has not yet set the official filing window dates, but we expect the announcement to be made in the next 2 days.\u00a0 Before you leave for break, two quick reminders\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release your Bids!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Start bidding now if you haven\u2019t already done so!\u00a0 The key is to have your bidding complete by the end of January so you can take contracts to your February board meeting(s) (not March!) for approval.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=31977\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p%3D31977&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1577137816073000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCfU_uhc6KXMnvsjJkh8jEsqoq0Q\">Category 1\u00a0Form 470 Filing Guide<\/a>, including a C1 470 drop down cheat sheet.\u00a0 This\u00a0message also has the C1 rebidding status for everyone who filed last year based on the data you entered into your 471 application.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32081\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p%3D32081&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1577137816073000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJ1AwHj_5xde4TPpHdWvXEd-Fs9Q\">Category 2 Bidding Requirements\/Options for PA Public Schools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32086\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p%3D32086&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1577137816073000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFN4w-pBFI3muF8IbNbE8yghsibXg\">PEPPM E-rate Mini-Bid Guide FY 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32098\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p%3D32098&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1577137816073000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYlShIEp7zbH6uhMUnoy2XlBalyA\">Category 2 Bidding Rules for PA Non-Public Schools and Libraries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32064\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p%3D32064&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1577137816073000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE08qw8-am-FqItPhUDRJBcLx1zvw\">Calculating Available Category 2 Budgets for FY 2020<\/a>\u00a0(also use the FFL tool at:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fundsforlearning.com\/FFLServices\/c2budgetcalculator.php\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.fundsforlearning.com\/FFLServices\/c2budgetcalculator.php&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1577137816073000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE3vjX8a9RSykTdDjsH937CMYYmKA\">https:\/\/www.fundsforlearning.com\/FFLServices\/c2budgetcalculator.php<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update Enrollment\/NSLP Data in EPC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t done so already, be sure to update each school\u2019s enrollment and NSLP data (or CEP%) in your EPC portal.\u00a0 The draft data and helpful guide are available at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32075\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p%3D32075&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1577137816073000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfGMG4fmhxpvsyGfmbRyhc1G_kvQ\">https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32075<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0Although we don\u2019t have an exact \u201cAdmin Window\u201d deadline yet, expect that this data should be updated by January 10.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact me at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jtschell@comcast.net\">jtschell@comcast.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Holidays and Happy Bidding!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Julie<\/p>\n<p>Julie Tritt Schell<br \/>\nPennsylvania 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=1577137816073000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHGHHU_DovzPSq-b5xC-oFnzMpCnA\">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>December 18, 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-32124","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\/32124","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=32124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}