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| \n Each year American Schools apply for E-Rate funding under the Universal Service funding mechanism for discounts on Telecommunications, Internet Access, Internal Connections and Internal connections Maintenance. <\/span><\/p>\n Each year schools apply using the participation figures from the National School Lunch Program. While this is accurate for Elementary and Jr. High schools; Sr. High Schools suffer a loss in funding because of a significant drop off in participation in the NSLP at the Sr. High Level. This costly drop off is caused by some of the following factors:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Open campus at lunch<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Socioeconomic stigma<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Failure to eat lunch at all<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Partial day schedules<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Slightly different eligibility factors<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n<\/td>\n School Survey Solutions helps High Schools determine an accurate discount rate to make their E-Rate application. By using a USAC approved alternate discount mechanism; high schools can increase their funding. <\/span><\/p>\n An increase of one step on the E-Rate discount matrix can result in a dramatic funding increase. Sometimes an increase can mean the difference in getting funded for Priority two services vs. getting nothing..<\/span> Several schools have made several hundred thousands of dollars from taking advantage <\/span>of<\/span><\/span> this service.\u00a0Contact us\u00a0for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Each year American Schools apply for E-Rate funding under the Universal Service funding mechanism for discounts on Telecommunications, Internet Access, Internal Connections and Internal connections Maintenance. Each year schools apply using the participation figures from the National School Lunch Program. While this is accurate for Elementary and Jr. High schools; \u2026 Continue reading |