The FCC recently waived their rules for six applicants who committed a clerical mistake on their Forms 486 by listing an incorrect service start date. This decision continues an FCC precedent from previously released decisions.
In 2006 the FCC found in Glendale Unified School District that even though Glendale “committed an unintentional, clerical error when it listed the incorrect service start date on its FCC Form 486, it adhered to the core program requirements.”
The FCC used the same logic that the mistakes were clerical in nature and the applications should not be denied either in part or in their entirety. In these cases, the FCC is striving to balance the need to efficiently administer the program against the program’s objective to provide discounted services to schools and libraries in need of the support.
The six applicants affected by this appeal are:
|
Applicant |
Application |
Funding Year |
Date Appeal Filed |
|
Barrow County School District Ellijay, Georgia |
681012 |
2009 |
2/1/2011 |
|
Duval County Public Schools Jacksonville, Florida |
521703 |
2006 |
11/10/2008 |
|
Envision Schools – Consortium San Francisco, California |
571959 |
2007 |
12/29/2007 |
|
Greater Albany Public Schools Albany, Oregon |
549884 |
2007 |
11/3/2008 |
|
Lincoln County School District Hamlin, West Virginia |
477221 |
2005 |
6/13/2007 |
|
Los Lunas School District Los Lunas, New Mexico |
619387 |
2008 |
9/13/2010 |
