Ariz. Admin. Code § R14-2-B1220 - Availability of State Matching Funds for Special Construction Projects to Deploy Broadband
A.
Applications for AUSF funds for E-rate matching purposes shall be limited to
E-rate funding years 2017 and 2018.
B. An applicant certified by the Department
of Education shall be eligible to receive AUSF funds to cover special
construction charges to the extent necessary to qualify the applicant to
receive additional federal universal service funds of up to 10 percent of
special construction charges as authorized by the Second E-rate Modernization
Order.
C. An applicant may not
receive total support from the federal Universal Service Fund and AUSF in
excess of 100 percent of special construction charges.
D. Schools and libraries that elect to
self-provision shall comply with all of the requirements set forth by the FCC
in the Second E-rate Modernization Order.
E. An ESC shall provide bandwidth sufficient
to meet the minimum recommended bandwidth per student or the minimum
recommended bandwidth for educational services established for the relevant
funding year by the FCC and, without good cause, shall not exceed those
standards.
F. If the E-rate Program
discount rate and additional match plus the AUSF funds received by an applicant
do not cover 100 percent of the special construction charges, the applicant may
include in its request filed with the DOE a request for additional AUSF funds.
Additional AUSF funds requested under this subsection shall be awarded as
follows:
1. Applicants with 80 percent or
higher E-rate Program discount rates shall be awarded AUSF funds before
applicants with lower discount rates; and
2. Applicants with discount rates between 60
and 80 percent may request additional AUSF funds for the uncovered amount, up
to 50 percent of the uncovered special construction charges. Amounts requested
above 50 percent of the uncovered special construction charges will not be
considered without good cause shown by the applicant.
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