E-rate News

August 21, 2000

SLD Provides Another $97 million as Waves Resume

The Schools and Libraries Division issued 347 E-rate funding commitment letters Aug. 18 totaling nearly $97.7 million

August 14, 2000

FCC Grants Reprieve to Oklahoma Districts

The Federal Communications Commission has granted a reprieve to more than 150 Oklahoma school districts

August 14, 2000

A Week Without a Wave

The Schools and Libraries Division held up a weekly wave of funding commitments Friday Aug. 11

Pace of Funding Commitments Slows

The Schools and Libraries Division issued another $55 million worth of E-rate funding commitments Aug. 4

SLD Provides Further Guidance on Service Provider Changes

The Schools and Libraries Division said July 31 that it will continue to review requests to change service providers under the rules it had in place before March 16 while...

Internal Connections Funding Threshold Drops to 83 Percent

The Schools and Libraries Division announced July 28 that the E-rate discount-rate threshold for approved internal connections

Flannery to Move from FCC to USAC

Irene Flannery, who has been a key Federal Communications Commission official working on the E-rate program

Wave 15 Commitments Decline by $20 Million

In the fifteenth week of rolling out funding commitments, the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) released approval for $26.4 million