E-RATE FUNDING
Is
Your Funding In Jeopardy?
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Please
review the information below to ensure that your funding
doesn't get held up or withdrawn.
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The Schools
and Libraries Division (eRate) has started sending out funding
notices for Year 7 funding. Along
with the funding notifications was a "Reminders Sheet"
that outlined areas of concern that all eRate participants should
be aware of, and should respond to with corrections if necessary.
1
Once
you have had an opportunity to update your Tech Plan and we have
received notification from the SLD of continued funding for 2004-2005,
SNDLC will send out your completed Form 486.
When
you receive your completed Form 486, make sure that you immediately
review, sign, and return the form to the address listed on the
signature sheet. These forms are dated materials. If
you miss the deadline for returning them, you could see a reduction
in the amount of funding that your school receives.
The Form 486
must be postmarked no later than 120 days after the Service Start
Date of July 1, 2004, or no later than 120 days after the date
of the Funding Commitment Decision Letter, whichever is later.
2
You
must be in compliance with the Children's Internet Protection
ACT (CIPA). This shouldn't be a concern as long as
you don't turn off the Internet content filter.
3
You
are required to have an updated Technology Plan. That plan must
be certified by NDE. Please retain a copy of the email that you
received from NDE stating that your plan was certified.
As of April
30, 2004, you are also required to have budget amounts for 2004-2005
included in your Technology Plan. Those dollar amounts must
match or exceed the amount budgeted for services for which you
are requesting discounts.
The omission
of 2004-2005 budget information on the Technology Plan was found
when a Schools and Libraries Division compliance person requested
a copy of the Technology Plan for a member school. She would not
approve their funding request until she could verify that the
dollar amount being requested was in the year 2004-2005 slot,
and that the amount either matched or exceeded the amount of money
being requested for discounts.
To avoid any
misunderstandings regarding budgets, SNDLC suggests that you review
all budget areas to ensure that those numbers represent budget
amounts for 2004-2005.
WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO:
