The State E-rate Coordinators’ Alliance weighed in on...
The State E-rate Coordinators’ Alliance weighed in on what services should be eligible for cost recovery in the year ahead, said an FCC filing posted Friday. The agency should look at the administrative costs of applying for and receiving universal…
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service funds due to the “burden” they create, it said. “At the very least, and as an alternative to making all administrative fees eligible (including the cost of administering the universal service fee collection), all other administrative fees should be deemed to be ‘reasonable charges’ incurred by schools and libraries in obtaining service and should be eligible” for reimbursement. The FCC should also “clarify that its current rules do not require the bundling of eligible component purchases and installation,” the group said. The agency also needs to determine whether bundled end-user equipment is eligible, it said. There’s also some ambiguity about the terms “interactive communications features” and “collaboration tools,” which need to be clarified, the coordinators said.