TECHNOLOGY PLAN ADDENDUM DIRECTIONS OVERVIEW ERATE REQUIREMENTS IN SEPTEMBER

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TECHNOLOGY PLAN ADDENDUM DIRECTIONS

Technology Plan Addendum Directions


Overview


E-Rate Requirements

In September 2003, The Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) announced that it would be paying more attention to technology plans and to the link between these plans and the E-rate services requested.  The following key points concerning the SLD’s expectations were posted on the E-Rate Central web site directly following this announcement. To ensure compliance with the new requirements, districts must submit the enclosed Technology Plan Addendum to be placed with the approved plan on file at TEA.

(1) Form 470 requests must be based on a written technology plan.  The plan need not be approved before a Form 470 is filed, but it must exist.  The Form 470 has long had a certification (Item 20) that an applicant was covered by a technology plan, but this is the first time that the SLD has stressed that it must be a current and formal plan.

(2) The plan must cover all services being requested, including such non-basic telecom services as Centrex.  This is the first time the SLD has detailed the degree of specificity required in technology plans.  Effectively, the SLD is asking for a highly operational, rather than strategic, plan.

(3) Separately, the SLD indicated that plans approved for the No Child Left Behind program (specifically EETT plans) are deemed valid for E-rate purposes.  However, when pushed, the SLD noted that this simply meant that EETT planning requirements included the same basic plan components as required by the E-rate program.  It is important to note, therefore, that approved EETT plans, without the Form 470 detail required by the SLD, would not be sufficient.

(4) Budgets incorporated in the plan must show both revenue sources and anticipated expenses sufficient to cover both the E-rate services requested and other resources needed to support these services.  This is not a new requirement, but it does reflect added emphasis and does suggest additional application review criteria.

(5) E-rate technology plans have long had a requirement for an “evaluation” component.  The SLD is now stressing the need to monitor – and document – the applicant’s progress in meeting its plan objectives.


Procedure

  1. Identify all the services that will be requested in E-Rate applications for the 2004-2005 year.

  2. Identify the funding sources for the portion of the costs for those services that will not be covered by the E-Rate discounts.

  3. Make sure all of those services, costs, and funding sources are incorporated in the District Technology Plan.

  4. Review the Evaluation section of the District Technology Plan. Make sure it clearly defines how the district will monitor – and document – progress in meeting the plan objectives.

  5. Complete a Technology Plan Addendum using the enclosed format and fax it to the Education Service Center Region 12, attention Lisa McCray, 254-666-0823.



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