E-Rate Eligible and Ineligible Services
(This was taken from a list put out by Ohio SchoolNet)
Any questions contact Mike Beier at CYSS
Eligible Services
Telephone service
- Monthly phone bill for school (Everyone should apply for this much)
- Wire to connect phone service in classrooms (but not the phone themselves)
- New phone system for school
Internet service
- Monthly Internet access fee
- Wires to connect classrooms for Internet access
- Wide Area Network (WAN) leased lines
General Communications
- Network fileservers used for communication
- Operating system for fileservers
- E-Mail server package for building
- Hubs, routers, switches, etc. for school
- Wiring to connect classrooms
Video
- Wires to classroom for video
- Homework Hotline phone service (voice mail not included; must be broken out)
Other
- Outside contracted services for networks
- Maintenance support contracts
Ineligible Services
Telephone Service
- Telephones in the classroom
- Voice mail service
- Non-school phone bills
Internet Service
General Communications
- Training of teachers on E-mail or File Server use
- Remote dial-in software
- Workstation license for file server
- Workstation software for E-mail
- Fax machines
- Modems
Video
- Cable service
- Hardware to deliver video to classroom
- Video retrieval equipment for classrooms
Other
- Classroom computers
- General purpose software
- Teacher training
- Asbestos removal
- Contracted support personnel for networks
- Hiring network personnel
- Electrical upgrades for classrooms
- Electrical upgrades for wiring closets
- Printers
- Digital cameras
- Other computer peripherals
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