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October 29, 2003

92 Percent of Public Classrooms Are Connected, NCES Says

The National Center for Education Statistics reported this week that 92 percent of instructional rooms in U.S. public schools were connected to the Internet as of fall 2002, compared with...

October 22, 2003

Full FCC Rejects State of North Dakota Appeal

The full Federal Communications Commission on October 21 rejected an appeal from the state of North Dakota.

October 21, 2003

FFL Implements Searchable Version of New Eligible Services List

10/22/2003 - Funds For Learning's unique E-rate search tool for the newly revised Eligible Services List (ESL) is now online for the E-rate community to use, free-of-charge. The ESL is...

October 20, 2003

SLD Discusses Application Review Goals

Schools and Libraries Division staff members discussed with their governing board Oct. 20 their dilemma in choosing whether to focus their reviews on numbers of applications or total dollars.

October 20, 2003

SLD Board Critical of SPIN Change Process

Members of the Schools and Libraries Committee of the USAC Board of Directors Oct. 20 expressed skepticism about procedures mandated by the FCC for reviewing requests from applicants to change...

October 20, 2003

SLD Committee Discusses Dark Fiber Eligibility

Schools and Libraries Division officials indicated Oct. 20 that they are still discussing with the FCC how to deal with funding requests that are currently under review for services that...

October 16, 2003

Nearly $60 Million Grows 2003 Commitments to $1.2 Billion

The Schools and Libraries Division will release its latest wave of funding commitments on Tuesday, October 21.

October 9, 2003

SLD Releases Final Version of Eligible Services List for 2004

The Schools and Libraries Division posted the final version of the Eligible Services list for the 2004 filing season on its Web site late on October 10.