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February 2024 Work Session
UCF Technology
eRate Presentation
What is
eRate
Topics Covered
eRate
History of
Funding of
eRate
How we use
eRate
Future of
eRate
What is eRate
A program created by the Federal Government in 1996 to provide discounts of up to 90 percent to help eligible schools and libraries in the United States obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.
History of eRate
1996 - 2014
eRate is known as Education Rate
In 1996 Congress passed legislation to create the eRate program
Developed to provide schools affordable telephone and internet access
In 1996 only 14% of all private and public K-12 schools had internet access
The vast majority of those 14% had dialup internet
Purpose was to make telephone and internet costs affordable to get all schools connected
- Known as Category 1 Funding - Program Cap was set to 2.25 billion dollars
-Wireless Access Points -UPS
History of eRate
2014 - present
eRate is known as Education Rate
eRate introduced Category 2 Funding which covered internet connections
- Network Switches - Firewalls
Dropped the voice services in Category 1 and only kept the internet services and internal connections
- Internet Broaband - Lit and Dark Fiber Services
Funding cap grew from $2.25 billion dollars to $4.4 billion dollars
- Adjustments made it possible for all to receive funding - In 2023 only $2.5 billion dollars was distributed
- 74% of school districts are meeting the FCC bandwidth goal of 1 Mbps per student
- 35,400 applications were processed in 2022
History of eRate con't
2014 - present
eRate is known as Education Rate
Out of the ~128,000 public and private K-12 school districts - ~45,000 of them used eRate in 2014
In 2014 Internet costs fell from $22/MB to $7/MB to now around $3/MB
In 2014 ~50% of K-12 school districts were connected to the internet. Today nearly all are connected
Funding of eRate
Funding of eRate
Not a government grant
Funding comes from the Federal Universal Service Fee
- Landlines - Cell Phones
Discounts are based on the National School Lunch Program
- Discounts range from 20% to 90% - UCFSD discount is set to 50%
Funding is set to $167.00 per student over a five year period
- UCFSD has ~4,000 students = $668,000 over the five year period - Average ~$95,000 of yearly reimbursement
How UCFSD uses eRate
2022-23 School Year Funding Received: $89,497.83
- Internet Broaband - Lit and Dark Fiber Services
-Wireless Access Points -UPS
- Network Switches - Firewalls
UCFSD use of eRate
Fund Network Equipment under Cat 2 Funding
Fund Internet and Internal Connection under Cat 1 Funding
Future of eRate
2026 eRate New Contract
Future of eRate 2026-
- Next Funding Period is set for 2026-2030
- Open period for public comment closed on 2/13/2023
- Emphasis on Cybersecurity help
- During 2025 we will know what is items will be added and dropped
2024 eRate Process
2024 eRate Timeline
Feb. 2024
eRate Bidding Process underway
Feb. 2024
Educate Board on eRate
March 2024
Bids closes and evaluation process begins
March 2024
Board Presentation and Vote for eRate Approval
April 2024
Submit all approval paperwork to USAC (eRate)