From Janet.McKenney at maine.gov Mon Feb 9 12:52:35 2009 From: Janet.McKenney at maine.gov (McKenney, Janet) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:52:35 -0500 Subject: [erate-maine] E-rate deadline - Check to see if your library is on this list! Message-ID: <3233E4190E74E84CB8BB502705B83EFF044296C4@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> If you see your library's name below it means you still have to file the Form 471 for E-rate for your telephone service. Please contact me if you need help. The deadline is this Thursday, February 12 at midnight. Also, a few libraries have not certified the Form 470. You will see your name and a note regarding that fact further below. You need to certify the Form 470 before the close of the Form 471 window Thursday, February 12 at midnight or your E-rate request will be invalid. Need to File Form 471: 1. BROWNFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY 2. CAMDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY 3. CAPE PORPOISE LIBRARY 4. CHARLES M BAILEY PUB LIBRARY 5. CUMSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 6. CURTIS MEMORIAL LIBRARY 7. D A HURD LIBRARY - Currently working on the Form 8. HARTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY 9. HENRY D. MOORE LIBRARY 10. HUBBARD FREE LIBRARY 11. JOHN B. CURTIS FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY 12. KENNEBUNK FREE LIBRARY 13. NEW PORTLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY 14. PEABODY 15. PEMBROKE LIBRARY 16. RUTHERFORD LIBRARY 17. RUTHERFORD LIBRARY 18. STONINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 19. UNDERWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY 20. WALDO PEIRCE READING ROOM 21. WALDOBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY 22. WASHBURN MEMORIAL LIBRARY Libraries that still need to certify the Form 470. 1. BINGHAM UNION LIBRARY 2. PEMBROKE LIBRARY 3. RUTHERFORD LIBRARY Janet McKenney Maine State Library Coordinator of Learning and Technology Services 64 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0064 207-287-5620 janet.mckenney at maine.gov From Sylvia.K.Norton at maine.gov Mon Feb 9 13:54:29 2009 From: Sylvia.K.Norton at maine.gov (Norton, Sylvia K) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 13:54:29 -0500 Subject: [erate-maine] FW: Info Letter 62 - ATM Service and E-Rate for School Year 2009-2010 Message-ID: <3233E4190E74E84CB8BB502705B83EFF04992C69@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> ====================================================== TO: ALL SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS The following message is being sent at the request of the Commissioner. Note: The Administrative and Informational Letters (with more formatting for ease of reading and printing) are available on our website at the following address: http://www.maine.gov/education/edletrs/index.shtml ====================================================== INFORMATIONAL LETTER: 62 POLICY CODE: IHAJ TO: Superintendents of Schools and E-Rate Coordinators FROM: Susan A. Gendron, Commissioner DATE: February 9, 2009 RE: ATM Service and E-Rate for School Year 2009-2010 The following is TIME SENSITIVE material that must be immediately forwarded to the individual responsible for filing for Federal E-Rate services. School systems that are continuing to purchase ATM service during school year 2009-2010 must apply for federal E-Rate discounts during the current application cycle. Those doing the actual filing of ATM E-Rate applications should be aware of the following required steps: Procedure for obtaining Federal E-Rate discount for monthly ATM line fees: A. Form 470: Do NOT submit form 470 - the Maine Department of Education has already submitted an E-Rate form 470 on behalf of ALL eligible schools, libraries, vocational centers and regions. B. Fairpoint Contract: Each individual site must have a signed service contract with Fairpoint before Form 471 (see below) is submitted. The State has a master contract with Fairpoint to provide ATM service to any eligible school, library, vocational center or region in Maine, BUT each site must have an individual contract for service. You should currently have a signed service contract with Fairpoint. If you do not have a signed contract OR have questions concerning this contract, you may contact Greg Desjardin (Fairpoint) at 329-5552. Remember that your site will be the billed entity for this service, NOT the Department of Education. This means that you must use your own entity number when you file the Form 471. C. PIN Information: You should plan on verifying the validity of your PIN - do not wait until the last minute. There is a PIN FAQ page at the SLD website: http://www.universalservice.org/sl/tools/search-tools/applicant-pin-faqs .aspx D. Form 471: to be filed online at http://www.sl.universalservice.org/menu.asp by midnight on February 12, 2009. Help: Detailed instructions on this process can be found here: http://www.maine.gov/msl/erate/atm/ Samples of a completed Form 471, and a completed Item 21 attachment are available for download at: Form 471: http://www.maine.gov/msl/erate/atm/template2009.pdf Item 21: http://www.maine.gov/msl/erate/atm/Item21-2009.pdf Form 471, and all associated materials, must be submitted to the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Administrative Company by midnight on February 12, 2009. Follow the instructions for Block 4-A of Form 471 carefully to determine which discount applies to your application. If the ATM line service applies to only one site(i.e., it is not used to transport data to other buildings within a school system) use the school's specific discount rate. If the ATM line service applies to more than one site (i.e., it provides data to more than one building) the aggregate discount arrived at in Block 4-A will be the discount used. For information on establishing the discount rate that applies: http://portalx.bisoex.state.me.us/pls/doesfsr/sfsrdev.ed534.ed534paramet ers Use discount matrix found at url below to determine if rural or urban: http://www.universalservice.org/sl/applicants/step05/discount-matrix.asp x Online support can be obtained by calling the Client Service Bureau at 888-203-8100. For additional E-Rate support, please contact David Patterson 215-4150 or Sylvia K. Norton 287-5620 at the Maine Department of Education. E. Forms 486 and 472 (BEAR): Sites are responsible for filing two additional forms, Form 486 and Form 472, in order to complete the E-Rate funding process. Form 486 is filed after the funding commitment letter is received. For more information, go to: http://www.maine.gov/msl/erate/index.shtml Procedure for obtaining PUC reimbursement to offset ATM line fees: F. State E-Rate Form: ATM sites should be aware that they are entitled to additional monies as part of the State E-Rate program. To receive these funds, please complete the form found at: http://www.maine.gov/msl/erate/atm/mslnatmreimbursement09.doc and return to rich.kania at maine.gov. For additional information concerning this reimbursement, please contact Rich Kania at the Maine Public Utilities Commission at 287-1379. Sites looking for further information concerning the status of the ATM Network are encouraged to contact David Patterson at the Department of Education at 215-4150, or via e-mail at david.patterson at maine.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/erate-maine/attachments/20090209/e9a1aaba/attachment.html