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| Funding Year 2010: |
| Telecomm: |
$63,966,595.65 |
| Internet Access: |
$5,236,532.73 |
| Internal Connections: |
$625,687.46 |
Internal Connections
Maintenance: |
$1,238,751.68 |
| Total: |
$71,067,567.52 |
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| Funding Year 2009: |
| Telecomm: |
$114,397,558.92 |
| Internet Access: |
$12,109,290.22 |
| Internal Connections: |
$156,975,230.28 |
Internal Connections
Maintenance: |
$36,841,424.15 |
| Total: |
$320,323,503.57 |
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Technology Plans and the E-Rate Program: A Primer for New York Schools and Libraries
Prepared by E-Rate Central on behalf of NYSED
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List of approved NYS E-Rate Technology Plans
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Core Requirement No. 4
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The plan must provide for a sufficient budget to acquire and maintain the
hardware, software, professional development, and other services that will be
needed to implement the strategy.
At a minimum, projected expenditures for each year of the technology plan should
be shown, broken down by major expense categories. Projected funding for the
plan should also be shown, indicating what portions are to be funded out of the
annual operating budget, from a bond issue, or from other sources. Portions of
the funding plan dependent on the approval of E-rate discounts should be
clearly identified.
E-rate applicants should note that an adequate budget is a requirement not only
of the technology plan, but is central to separate certifications in the Form
470 (Item 23) and Form 471 (Item 25) that each applicant must submit. During
the past year, the SLD has undertaken “Item 25 Reviews” on random Form 471
applications requiring the submission of detailed budgetary information to
assure that the applicant has indeed:
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| secured access to all of the resources, including computers, training,
software, maintenance, and electrical connections necessary to make effective
use of the services purchased as well as to pay the discounted charges for
eligible services. |
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| For a technology plan to be approved for the three year maximum period, the
plan's budget must cover the full three years.
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Core Requirement No. 5
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The plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school or library
to monitor progress toward the specified goals and make mid-course corrections
in response to new developments and opportunities as they arise.
The final requirement that should be addressed within the plan is how the plan
itself will be evaluated and modified over its life. A brief discussion of this
evaluation process is provided in
Appendix 5. See also the specific strategy examples shown for Goal 5 in
Appendix 3.
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| Plan Approval Process in New York State: |
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certified technology plan approvers is available on the SLD Web site.
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In general, within New York State, technology plans are reviewed:
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By the Regional Information Centers ("RICs") for member school districts;
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By E-Rate Central or selected dioceses or associations for private schools;
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By library systems for their member libraries; or
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By E-Rate Central for library systems.
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submitted for its review can be faxed to 516-801-7862 or e-mailed to
review@e-ratecentral.com.
Once a plan has been approved, the applicant will receive a confirming letter
from either the approving entity itself or directly from the New York State
Education Department ("NYSED"). A copy of the approval letter and the
associated plan should be retained for E-rate record purposes for at least five
years.
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