E-rate Commentary

by Peter Kaplan

September 26, 2013

What if the FCC Only Increases the Funding Cap?

Over 800 stakeholders filed comments in response to the FCC‚Äôs E-rate Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and reply comments are due by October 16, 2013. After reviewing the initial comments,...

September 20, 2013

Funds For Learning Reform Proposal Receives Support

In response to the E-rate NPRM a wide range of school districts submitted comments in support of Funds For Learning‚Äôs proposed reforms. The E-rate Reform Coalition understands while all stakeholders...

September 20, 2013

The FFL 2.0 E-rate Budget Calculator

The current FCC "priority" funding system excludes most applicants from receiving internal connections support and may soon deny many applicants support for any services, even Internet access.

September 13, 2013

Funds For Learning Announces New Vice President

On September 10th, 2013, Funds For Learning announced the promotion of Verlyne Jolley to Vice President.

by Nick Shipley

September 9, 2013

You‚Äôre Invited to the Third Party Party

Around this time last year, Verlyne wrote about the "fun house procedure" that required third party validation for school‚Äôs internal data system for National School Lunch Program data.

by John Harrington

September 5, 2013

Who Will Take a Stand for Pelican City School District?

In the recent Senate hearing on E-rate 2.0, Senator Begich of Alaska asked about the fate of E-rate funding for Pelican City School District, a small school with less than...

by Peter Kaplan

August 29, 2013

Protecting Small and Rural Schools

Providing E-rate funding to small and rural schools is a laudable goal and one I fully support. Most school and library stakeholders agree: we need to protect small and rural...

August 21, 2013

Event Wrap-up: E-rate 2.0 NPRM

On August 21, 2013, Funds For Learning hosted an online seminar to discuss the FCC‚Äôs E-rate 2.0 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, sharing insights and themes from the FCC‚Äôs comprehensive review...