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E-Rate for digital learning
E-RATE FILING DEADLINE EXTENDED!
APRIL 29th is the extended deadline for 2020 E-Rate Form 471 filings!
Read the USAC order posted on March 13, 2020
On Dec. 3 2019 the FCC issued a Report and Order for Erate Category 2. It makes permanent the Category 2 Budget approach. Erate C2 is here to stay. The Report and Order approaches Funding Year 2020 as a bridge year allowing USAC time to incorporate the new approach for 2021. The highlights are:
New Rules for 2020
- Extends the current per site Category 2 Budget process for 2020
- All sites Category 2 Budgets are increased by 20% to account for Funding Year 2020
- All spending from Funding Year 2015-2019 counts against 2020 Budget
- Category 2 Budgets not spent by 2020 will not carry over to 2021
- BMIC, MIBS & Caching will remain eligible
- No additions to the eligible services list
New Rules for 2021
- Category 2 Budgets will be reset for 2021
- Starting in 2021 Category 2 Budgets will be fixed for each 5 year period going forward
- Starting in 2021 Budgets will be on a school district or library system basis
- Increases the funding floor to $25,000
- The per student budget allocation will be $167 for schools and $4.50 per sq. ft. for libraries
Our online Budget Tool has been updated to reflect the new rules!
Learn all about the E-Rate process and how to get started in our 2020 E-Rate FAQ
Featured resources
Category 2 budget tool
Use the E-Rate calculator from E-Rate Profit Works to calculate and see your actual E-Rate Category 2 budget right now! Just have your billed entity number (BEN) ready.
Future-ready networks for education technology
What are the growing IT challenges in K-12 schools today? Watch this video to learn the three big focus areas for education technology investments this year.
Raising a RUCKUS in the Google Classroom
Description: Deliver unrivaled performance for Chromebooks and Google app environments to improve student learning—both at home and in the classroom—with our Ruckus solutions.
Additional resources
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RUCKUS ICX Switch Family Data Sheet
The Ruckus® ICX® fixed form-factor switch series work together to deliver a simple secure and scalable high-performance network solution supporting today’s most demanding networking needs.
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Ruckus Cloudpath Data Sheet
Cloudpath secures every connection with WPA2-Enterprise, protecting data in transit between the device and the access point with powerful encryption. You gain visibility and control over which devices are on the network, and can define and manage policies so that every user sees only the network resources that they should see. Cloudpath software checks the security posture of devices during onboarding to ensure that they comply with your organization’s security policies. The system redirects users with noncompliant devices to remediate them before granting access. It associates every device with a user, and you can easily revoke access at any time—for example when a BYOD user leaves the organization.
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Bring Virtual Reality To Life In School Classrooms
Learn how we partnered with Lenovo to make it easy to bring VR learning to any primary or secondary school through the Lenovo Virtual Reality Classroom Kit.
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E-Rate: What You Need to Know for 2020
Future-Proof Your District’s Networking Needs with Wi-Fi that Scales
Is your classroom Wi-Fi getting bogged down? Let Ruckus help you build a wireless network that will scale with growing classroom devices and applications.
How to Design the RUCKUS Digital-Ready Campus
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Download
RUCKUS ICX Switch Family Data Sheet
The Ruckus® ICX® fixed form-factor switch series work together to deliver a simple secure and scalable high-performance network solution supporting today’s most demanding networking needs.
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Download
Ruckus Cloudpath Data Sheet
Cloudpath secures every connection with WPA2-Enterprise, protecting data in transit between the device and the access point with powerful encryption. You gain visibility and control over which devices are on the network, and can define and manage policies so that every user sees only the network resources that they should see. Cloudpath software checks the security posture of devices during onboarding to ensure that they comply with your organization’s security policies. The system redirects users with noncompliant devices to remediate them before granting access. It associates every device with a user, and you can easily revoke access at any time—for example when a BYOD user leaves the organization.
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Download
Bring Virtual Reality To Life In School Classrooms
Learn how we partnered with Lenovo to make it easy to bring VR learning to any primary or secondary school through the Lenovo Virtual Reality Classroom Kit.
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Download
E-Rate: What You Need to Know for 2020
Future-Proof Your District’s Networking Needs with Wi-Fi that Scales
Is your classroom Wi-Fi getting bogged down? Let Ruckus help you build a wireless network that will scale with growing classroom devices and applications.