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How do schools apply for the e-rate?

Before applying for discounted services, schools and libraries must prepare technology plans that address the near term and the future and how they plan to integrate the use of the planned technologies into their curriculum. The technology plan must be independently approved by a state agency that oversees schools or libraries or by an alternative method to be developed by the U.S. Department of Education. Plans that have been approved for other purposes, e.g., for participation in federal or state programs such as Goals 2000 or the Technology Literacy Challenge do not require further approval. If your school has not yet developed a technology plan, the e-rate is one more reason to do so. For tools to help you, see page 21. Make sure to enter the Certified School Program and the Technology Planning Sweepstakes (page 12) as soon as you have a current technology plan. Beginning in late 1997, the Computer Learning Foundation will begin posting technology plans on its Web site as a resource to help schools develop and update their plans.

Schools and libraries are required to participate in a competitive bidding process in order to apply for discounted services. Contracts signed prior to the availability of the e-rate are not subject to this bidding process until they come up for renewal.

Schools and libraries are encouraged to form consortia to aggregate sufficient demand to attract competitors and negotiate lower rates. While entities ineligible for e-rate discounts may be consortium members, only those consortia composed exclusively of other schools and libraries, rural health care providers, and governmental entities may receive below tariff rates on any eligible tariffed services they order.


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