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Helping you get the most out of the E-Rate program

Helping you get the most out of the E-Rate program

The Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries, most often known as the “E-Rate” program, was established to bring needed modern commu-nications technology to schools and libraries in communities across the country. The program is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Created by Congress as part of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, E-Rate subsidizes between 20% and 90% of eligible costs in the follow-ing eligible services categories:

1. Telecommunications Services such as local and long distance voice services, 800 services, data services, and cellular voice services. (Please note voice services are being phased out for E-Rate discounts beginning 2015).

2. Basic Internet Access, including high- speed, fiber-based services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and other data services.

3. Internal Connections, including purchases, installa-tion and management of LAN/WLAN network, wiring and wireless (WiFi) equipment needed to bring the internet to classrooms and libraries.

4. Basic Maintenance of eligible internal connections equipment.

For more information on program rules and eligible services, visit the USAC Web Site at www.usac.org/sl .

Making E-Rate possible

The annual program funding was recently increased and currently capped at $3.9 billion, indexed to inflation each year. This increase will bring available funding closer to actual demand. Eligible schools and libraries can apply for funding to support their need to expand and improve their network infrastructure to support the latest in technology.

Your school’s or library’s discount on eligible services depends on economic need as determined by the National School Lunch Program and the school (or library) location. After you have determined your eligibility, you will need to select a qualified Service Provider.

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Where we come in

AT&T expertise

As one of the largest service providers in the E-Rate program, we are proud to bring our communication solutions, expertise and knowledge of the E-Rate program to your school or library – all aimed at helping to provide all eligible public and private K-12 schools and public libraries with affordable access to advanced communications services. Our complete range of communications services includes voice, data, networks, wireless, Internet, video and beyond. We have hard-working and well-trained account managers available to help you choose the solution that best fits your needs. Our regional E-Rate special-ists and billing specialists understand the compliance rules and recent regulatory changes that impact the E-Rate program. To learn more about how AT&T can provide comprehensive solutions to the K-12 educa-tion market’s complex needs, visit www.corp.att.com/edu/k12.

We’re glad we can help

In fact, the AT&T family of companies has been participating in the E-Rate program for schools and libraries since the program’s inception. Education is important to AT&T, and we are committed to serving the technology needs of all eligible public and private K-12 schools and libraries.

Other AT&T advantages

Complete solutions

We provide a host of E-Rate-eligible services to ensure your schools and libraries are connected, from local and long distance phone service to high-speed Internet access, wired and wireless LAN’s, and eligible LAN/WAN infrastructure components. That’s one reliable provider for your E-rate-eligible services and equipment. AT&T has innovative network, security, and communications solutions that connect students to their peers. We can support you with new technologies to deliver mobile learning, online content and resources, and professional development courses. AT&T can also support you with building the network infrastructure that is essential to support these new technologies. Our network security solutions can help schools maintain a free flow of information for teaching and learning, while managing operations and compliance with local and federal requirements.

Experience

We have been serving communities like yours for over 125 years. Today we provide comprehensive communications services to residential, business, government and other customers around the world.

Our engineers, maintenance experts and operations managers have vast experience to provide you with

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the best communications solution that is specifically tailored to your needs. In addition, AT&T employees live and work in the communities we serve.

As a company, AT&T has a long history of supporting education

We believe that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do for our company, our communities and our country. AT&T Aspire is our signature philanthropic initiative. It is a $350 million commitment to foster innovation in education to support student success in school and beyond. By investing in new tools and solutions that leverage our unique technologies and capabilities, AT&T enables personalized and mobilized learning for students of all ages and backgrounds. We provide opportunities to learn skills that meet the needs of the future workforce.

ConnectED

AT&T is donating $100 million in mobile broadband access for education devices, mobile device man-agement, network filtering and teacher professional development as part of the White House ConnectED Initiative. Our goal is to reach 50,000 Title I students and teachers over three years.

AT&T Aspire Accelerator

In 2015, the company launched the Aspire Accelerator, an impact-focused accelerator that

offers a customized program for startups tackling real world education problems with technology solutions. The AT&T Aspire Accelerator’s mission is to support innovations that have the potential to help every student achieve a bright, successful future.

Momentous Institute

We are working Momentous Institute and its labora-tory school to understand and test how technology can mobilize and personalize learning to meet the unique needs of each student, especially those who are underserved. Our work is building our knowledge about how technology can enable anytime, anywhere learning; customize education to meet the needs of each student; and help learners better manage stress and other emotions. By working with students, teachers and parents, we’re learning each day what works and what doesn’t and adapting strategies accordingly.

Nanodegree program

To prepare more people with the skills needed for high demand tech jobs requiring technological exper-tise, we’re teaming up with Udacity to launch the Nanodegree program, new educational online pathways to industry-relevant skills. Nanodegree curricula are online, project-based, and taught by leaders in tech, with support by coaches. The Nanodegree will be fully recognized for entry-level jobs at AT&T and up to 100 graduates will be placed in paid internships at AT&T.

Support for E-rate

AT&T is the single largest service provider in the fed-eral E-rate program in terms of total funding requests submitted for wireline services. In 2015, an AT&T Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) was selected on approximately 20% of the total E-rate Category 1 wireline funding requests.

Alliance for Excellent Education Project 24

AT&T also is a contributor to Project 24, a program of the Alliance for Excellent Education, which helps school district leaders spend limited funds wisely by providing them with free resources to develop a comprehensive plan before buying technology or de-vices. Project 24’s planning process places ongoing support for teachers and a vision for student learning at the forefront of the effort, making technology-rich reform efforts more systemic.

The Alliance’s efforts, with AT&T and others to build Project 24, have provided opportunities for hundreds of school districts to make every day Digital Learning Day for all students. In Project 24’s first year, over 970 districts took the “digital readiness self-assessment survey” and over 5,000 education leaders from 1,400 different districts accessed the Project 24 resources to inform a planning process.

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Find out more

• Visit the AT&T E-Rate Web site at www.att.com/erate for more information

• Your AT&T representative can provide you with more information about AT&T’s solutions that support your technology needs. You may also visit www.att.com/edu to learn more.

• For details on the E-Rate program, please visit the SLD Web site at www.usac.org/sl or call the SLD Help Desk directly at 1-888-203-8100

For more information, please visit www.att.com/edu or contact your AT&T representative.

The product/service information in this brochure is provided by AT&T to assist the customer in gathering information to address its technology needs, possibly in advance of a Form 470 and/or RFP associated with the application process of the E-Rate Program. Applicants must follow all applicable E-Rate Program Rules, which require an open, fair competitive bid process when seeking services and products.

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AT&T has a number of products that meet the criteria of the FCC’s Eligible Services List*, such as:

Category 1*

Telecommunications services

• AT&T Switched Ethernet (ASE)/Opt-E-Man• Leased Data/Video Lines (T-1/T-3/DS3/OC-n)• AVPN• AT&T Unified Communications Services• Local POTS/Centrex• Long Distance Service• Mobility Voice Services

(i.e. cellular voice plans)• 800 Conference Services• AT&T Hosted VoIP Services (HVS),

Unified Communications (UCaaS) and VDNA• SIP Trunking

Internet access

• AT&T DSL/XDSL Services• AT&T Managed Internet Service

Category 2*

Internal connections

• LAN Wiring• Routers and Switches to Connect to the

Internet • Wireless (WiFi) LAN Equipment• Caching Servers• Managed Internal Broadband services

- Management and Operation of LAN/WAN/WLAN

- Managed WiFi services

Basic maintenance on internal connections

• Eligible Equipment Maintenance

^ Please note that E-Rate voice services discounts are being phased out per FCC Order 14- 99, final determination of any eligible service rests with the FCC.