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New FCC Chairman appointed – Ajit Pai Pai letter to USAC. Future of E-rate Changes Since January 2017 New FCC Chairman appointed – Ajit Pai Recently confirmed by U.S. Senate Pai letter to USAC. CEO of USAC, Chris Henderson, resigned. Chairman O’Rielly’s public remarks regarding USAC.

Future of E-rate Changes Since January 2017 EPC “budget” far exceeded original estimate. Must cost allocate “excess” fiber on Cat 1 Leased Lit Fiber, Special Construction requests USF funds being moved to US Department of Treasury. Voice phasedown report; Cat 2 Public Notice

NPRM in the next 6 months Order early Spring Streamlining Budget Future of E-rate Upcoming Potential Changes? NPRM in the next 6 months Order early Spring Streamlining Budget One “E-rate” Budget? Block Grants? New EPC?

Category Two Budgets. What happens in 2020? Each individual school has a Category Two “budget”. $150 per student per school. (increased each year due to inflation) Estimated to be 155.01 for FY2018 Budget is for 5 years and can be used all in one year. Is it a rolling budget or does it end after 2019?

Category Two Budgets. What happens in 2020? Is it a rolling budget or does it end after 2019? (1)Five-year budget. Each eligible school or library shall be eligible for a budgeted amount of support for category two services over a five-year funding cycle beginning the first funding year support is received. (c)Funding year 2020 and beyond. Absent further action from the Commission, each eligible library or school in a school district that either did not receive funding for category two services in funding years 2015 through 2019 or has completed its five-year funding cycle, shall be eligible for support for category two services, except basic maintenance services, no more than twice every five funding years. CFR 54.502:

Category Two Budgets. What happens in 2020? Is it a rolling budget or does it end after 2019? What does this mean?

Category Two Budgets. What happens in 2020? Is it a rolling budget or does it end after 2019? What does this mean? You either use your entire budget, and if the Commission takes no further actions, your organization will revert to the 2 in 5 rule. For those who have not received Category Two support, you may have a 5 year budget starting with the first year you receive funding (2017-2021). What does this mean?

Category Two Budgets. What happens in 2020? Is it a rolling budget or does it end after 2019? FCC Public Notice: “In preparation for this report, we seek comment on the sufficiency of the category two budgets. Specifically, we seek comment from applicants, service providers, and other interested parties about how applicants have used their budgets and the percentage of category two services purchased by applicants that were or will be covered by the budget. We will analyze FCC Form 471 data, but to the extent that relevant information exists that is not captured effectively in this collection, such as the impact on schools with a low student count serving students with special education services, we welcome additional data and analysis from commenters.” Budget vs total cost

Category two Allocating Cat 2 Funds each entity receives the same amount. Straight Line = based on population size or square footage. Proportional = Budget vs total cost based on “specific” need or type of equipment. Specific =

Category two Straight Line FRN = $250,000 POPULATION/ BUDGET 90% DISCOUNT POPULATION/ BUDGET ALLOCATION SCHOOL A 600 SCHOOL B 750 SCHOOL C 550 SCHOOL D 1050 SCHOOL E 350 SCHOOL F 500 = $90,000 $37,500 = $112,500 $37,500 = $82,500 $37,500 = $157,500 $37,500 Budget vs total cost = $52,500 $37,500 = $75,000 $37,500

Category two Straight Line FRN = $250,000 POPULATION/ BUDGET 90% DISCOUNT POPULATION/ BUDGET REMAINING BUDGET SCHOOL A 600 SCHOOL B 750 SCHOOL C 550 SCHOOL D 1050 SCHOOL E 350 SCHOOL F 500 = $81,000 $43,500 = $101,250 $63,750 = $74,250 $36,750 = $141,750 $104,250 Budget vs total cost = $47,250 $9,750 = $67,500 $30,000

Category two PROPORTIONAL FRN = $63,000 SQUARE FT/ BUDGET ALLOCATION 90% DISCOUNT SQUARE FT/ BUDGET ALLOCATION LIBRARY A 20,000 LIBRARY B 7,500 LIBRARY C 4,500 LIBRARY D 8,000 = $41,400 $39,050 = $15,525 $7,500 = $9,315 $4,200 = $16,560 $12,250 Budget vs total cost

Category two PROPORTIONAL FRN = $63,000 SQUARE FT/ BUDGET 90% DISCOUNT SQUARE FT/ BUDGET REMAINING BUDGET LIBRARY A 20,000 LIBRARY B 7,500 LIBRARY C 4,500 LIBRARY D 8,000 = $41,400 $2,350 = $15,525 $8,025 = $9,315 $5,115 = $16,560 $4,310 Budget vs total cost

Category two SPECIFIC FRN = $53,650 SQUARE FT/ BUDGET ALLOCATION 90% DISCOUNT SQUARE FT/ BUDGET ALLOCATION LIBRARY A 20,000 LIBRARY B 7,500 LIBRARY C 4,500 LIBRARY D 8,000 = $41,400 $41,400 = $15,525 $0 = $9,315 $0 = $16,560 $16,560 Budget vs total cost

Category two SPECIFIC FRN = $53,650 SQUARE FT/ BUDGET REMAINING BUDGET 90% DISCOUNT SQUARE FT/ BUDGET REMAINING BUDGET LIBRARY A 20,000 LIBRARY B 7,500 LIBRARY C 4,500 LIBRARY D 8,000 = $41,400 $0 = $15,525 $15,525 = $9,315 $9,315 = $16,560 $0 Budget vs total cost

Libraries Serving High Density Urban Areas NIF with Educational Areas Category two L $5.00 x sq. ft. ≤1,840 sq. ft. = $9,200 Libraries Serving High Density Urban Areas N No Budget NIF with Educational Areas S $150 x student ≤61 students = $9,200 Schools L $2.30 x sq. ft. ≤4,000 sq. ft. = $9,200 Libraries N NIF No Budget Returned $6,000 in unused funds *Estimated budgets; not adjusted based on inflation Size Budget 2015 2016 2017 2018 School A 340 Students $51,000 $25,000 Denied $17,000 $9,000 Library B 7,500 sq. ft. $17,250 NA $8,625 $0 $15,000 First year of 5 year budget

How should you handle part-time students? Category two How should you handle part-time students? Budget vs total cost

How should you handle part-time students? Category two How should you handle part-time students? Budget vs total cost

How should you handle part-time students? Category two How should you handle part-time students? Morning = 58 Afternoon = 105 58 + 105 = 163 Budget vs total cost 105

How should you handle part-time students? Category two How should you handle part-time students? C2 resale/ disposal of equipment (6th Report and Order) Process for Disposal of Obsolete Equipment. We amend section 54.513(a) of our rules to permit the disposal of equipment components of E-rate services (E-rate equipment) for payment or other consideration, but no sooner than five years after the equipment is installed." (Para 74) http://www.universalservice.org/_res/documents/about/pdf/fcc-orders/2010-fcc-orders/FCC-10-175.pdf 1st and 2nd Modernization Orders C1/C2, single district discount, C2 budget, LitFiber/Dark fiber rules, Voice phase down, etc. https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-14-99A1.pdf https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-14-189A1.pdf Based on: anticipated user population density and network demand.

AUDIT PREVENTION Document source data for: Tech Plan Total Enrollment Part time Peak Part time Tech Plan Not necessary for E-rate but will help during PIA. RFI (if used to determine Cat 2 needs.)

AUDIT PREVENTION SERVICE DELIVERY & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT (CATEGORY TWO) Inventory/Asset Registry Schematic of equipment Receipt of service/ product and installation log (work orders) Replacement Log (replacement or upgrades) Maintenance Log Equipment transfer log Service Delivery Adopts a rule to provide additional time for recipients under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism to implement contracts or agreements with service providers for non-recurring services; extends the deadline for receipt of non-recurring services from June 30, to September 30 following the close of the funding year. http://www.universalservice.org/_res/documents/about/pdf/fcc-orders/2001-fcc-orders/FCC-01-195.pdf Queen of Peace- Tech neutral Clarifies that competitive bidding rules prohibit applicants from including a particular manufacturer’s name, brand, product, or service in an FCC Form 470 or request for proposals (RFPs) unless they also use the words “or equivalent” in such a description https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1991A1.pdf