1. E-Rate

2. Agenda  Quick Overview of E-Rate Program  Current E-Rate Events  Open Questions & Answers (maybe?)

3. Overview  E-Rate a Federal Program??  Discount Program  20% - 90%  Category 1  Data Transmission & Internet Access  Eligible Voice Services  Category 2  Eligible Broadband Internal Connections  Basic Maintenance  Eligible Manage Internal Broadband Services

4. Current Events  E-Rate Productivity Center  Participants must get activated for FY2016  Not applicable for FY2015 and past years  Still use old USAC tools (at this point)  Statewide or State Level Resources  Alabama K-12 Joint Purchasing  AREN Network  Others  State Level Training Events FY2016

5. Autauga Baldwin Barbour Bibb Blount Bullock Butler Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Chilton Choctaw Clarke Clay Cleburne Coffee Colbert Conecuh Coosa Covington Crenshaw Cullman Dale Dallas De Kalb Elmore Escambia Etowah Fayette Franklin Geneva Greene Hale Henry Houston Jackson Jefferson Lamar Lauderdale Lawrence Lee Limestone Lowndes Macon Madison Marengo Marion Marshall Mobile Monroe Montgomery Morgan Perry Pickens Pike Randolph Russell St. Clair Shelby Sumter Talladega Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa Walker Washington Wilcox Winston Hold for staff

6. Current Events  FY2015 Reminders  PIA Questions  Form 486  FY2014 Reminders  Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement (BEAR)  Deadline end of October – IF APPLICABLE

7. Questions?

8. Contact Information