When a vendor provides the selected services, either the vendor or the applicant submits requests to USAC for reimbursement of the approved discounts. The bid request and competitive bidding processes must comply with FCC rules and also state and local procurement requirements. To find which schools and libraries in your area benefit from E-Rate, use USAC's search tools to view public E-rate data, including commitment and other funding tools, at usac. If demand for E-Rate money is greater than the available funds, funding is allocated first to the highest poverty schools and libraries, then the next-highest poverty applicants, and so on.
The FCC's plan complements the efforts of states and localities to bring advanced telecommunications and information services to schools and libraries. When the E-Rate program was established in , only 14 percent of the nation's K classrooms had access to the Internet. What benefits are available under the E-Rate program?
How does the E-Rate program work? How are schools and libraries in my area benefiting? How are requests prioritized? Title IX. Skip to Main Content. Contact Us. Site Index. Families Educators Districts Communities. You are here Home. In summary the district must: after timely and meaningful consultation with appropriate private school officials, provide to those children and their teachers or other educational personnel, on an equitable basis, special educational services or other benefits that address their needs under the program.
Equitable Participation The following selection provides guidance regarding the equitable participation of eligible students from private schools from the US Department of Education. And even when a rural area has a vital public library, the children and adolescents it serves may find it near impossible to get there due to limited transportation or family schedules.
Providing internet access and devices along with sites and programs like Google and Google Scholar equips students to read hundreds of thousands of texts and to research specific queries.
Students in rural areas do not have to be scholastically compromised by the limited hard-print resources their schools may have. Information is at their fingertips. The use of virtual laboratories have several key advantages over traditional laboratory learning. Access can be flexible. Students can engage with the experiment at the time that best fits their schedule, or when they learn best. Another valuable advantage is the ability to redo an experiment.
In a more traditional lab, the cost and availability of supplies often means that practically, there may be only one opportunity. Whereas with a virtual lab, if a student makes a mistake, they can learn from it right away by redoing the experiment. Virtual labs make it possible to always have access to leading-edge equipment. Lab equipment is expensive and most schools could never afford to replace their equipment as regularly as more advanced equipment becomes available. But since virtual labs are shared by so many schools, and because they are in competition with each other, they have the flexibility and incentive to stay up-to-date.
A greater percentage of rural districts are appreciating the benefits of blended learning, where students participate in a combination of online, distance learning and traditional brick-and-mortar classes. The correlation between rural districts and lower income families can mean students often have the added responsibility for contributing to family income or helping to care for younger siblings.
Blended learning creates possibilities for students to adjust schedules to accommodate these other responsibilities. Schools also benefit from the added flexibility.
When students can accomplish part of their learning outside the walls of the classroom, schools can actually consider three or four-day weeks, saving many thousands of budget dollars on bus transportation and hours per week of kids on the road. Internet access in rural areas can be a challenge , with many rural students having no ability to get online at home. Furthermore, economic circumstances can mean kids do not have computers or other devices at home.
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