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Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer -Prairie Lakes AEA http://fosseen.us/scott _____________________________________________________________________ In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so - apart from Bones ). _____________________________________________________________________ ----- Original Message -----
From: Pam Pfitzenmaier
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:00 PM
Subject: window dates set Greetings,
A couple updates about
e-rate for the Year 2004 (July 1, 2004-June 30, 2005).
A. In Funding Year
2004, there will be some additional eligible services for the e-rate
program. Even if you are a "seasoned" e-rate applicant, I encourage you to
sign up your ICN site for one of the E-rate Form 470 training sessions (see
item #3 at the bottom of this message) to find out about additional
eligible services. Listed below are the training dates that have
been scheduled so far.
B. SLD has
indicated that they will be rolling unused funds from previous years of e-rate
into the Year 2004 funding. That may mean that more Iowa schools will be
able to tap into internal connections funding. As you may know, in recent
years very few Iowa schools received funding for such internal connections as
LANs. I would encourage you to think about future internal connections
projects you might have, especially in your schools that have a relatively
high percent of free/reduced eligible students.
C. The 471 application "window"
has been announced by SLD. According to the SLD Web site: The window will open at noon on Wednesday, November 5,
2003, and close at 11:59 PM EST on Wednesday, February 4, 2004. Very soon we will be scheduling the 471 training sessions
and letting you know the
times/dates. Training sessions (as of
9/23/03):
1. E-rate New User Training. Provides an overview of the E-rate program and how to apply for funding. Sessions are scheduled from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8; Wednesday, October 15, and Thursday, October 16. 2. E-rate Tool
Training. Training on how to use the new data management tool for
E-rate. Sessions are scheduled from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, October 22; Wednesday, November 5; and Wednesday, November
12, 2003.
3. E-rate Form 470 Training.
Training on how to complete the E-rate 470 application. Sessions are
scheduled from 3:30-5:00 p.m. on Thursday,
November 13; Tuesday, November 18; and Wednesday, November 19,
2003.
4.
We have not yet scheduled Form 471 training
sessions. Now that we know the
"window" dates, we'll be setting up these training sessions
soon.
If you are interested in any of the above
sessions, contact Debbie Fiscus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to get your ICN video site
scheduled. There is no charge to participate in these sessions and no
limit to the number of sites we will utilize.
Pamela Pfitzenmaier,
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