From Janet.McKenney at maine.gov Fri Jan 8 10:14:36 2010 From: Janet.McKenney at maine.gov (McKenney, Janet) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:14:36 -0500 Subject: [erate-maine] Telephone E-rate Reminders! Message-ID: <3233E4190E74E84CB8BB502705B83EFF05D6CD95@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> Telephone E-rate Reminders! Form 470 Next week, Thursday, January 14 is the very last day you can file and post a Form 470 and still meet the 28 day posting requirement and file the Form 471 before that deadline of February 11, 2010. Form 471 If you have already filed the Form 470 you should be thinking about getting the Form 471 completed before the February 11, 2010 deadline. To check to see when you can file the Form 471, go to: The Apply Online page: http://www.sl.universalservice.org/menu.asp * Under the Form 470 click the Search Posted button * Click Next * Type in your entity number (or choose another field) and click Next. * Select your school or library by clicking in the circular radio button and then click Review Submitted Application. * Check the "Allowable Contract Date" - this is the first day you can file the Form 471. * Check also to make sure that the Form 470 says "Certified" For the Form 471, schools and libraries need NSLP data to determine your discount. Libraries need to be aware that with school district reorganization that most school district entity numbers have changed. Don't forget the Item 21 attachment! Please let me know if you need assistance to determine your discount rate. Please contact Janet (libraries) or Sylvia (schools) if you need any assistance. I can walk you through either Form If you have never filed for discounts on your telephone service and would like to discuss how much money your library could save please contact me. Janet McKenney (Library E-rate Coordinator) janet.mckenney at maine.gov Sylvia K. Norton (School E-rate Coordinator) Sylvia.K.Norton at maine.gov Janet McKenney Acting Director of Library Development Coordinator of Learning and Technology Maine State Library 64 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0064 207-287-5603 (Phone) 207-287-5624 (Fax) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/erate-maine/attachments/20100108/d9c12397/attachment.html