Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
School board approves 2025–26 E‑Rate contracts covering internet, WAN and maintenance
Summary
The Oklahoma City Public Schools board approved E‑Rate contract applications for the 2025–26 school year that keep bandwidth unchanged and reduce the category‑2 equipment request; the district will apply for federal discounts that cover most of the cost.
Oklahoma City Public Schools’ board approved the district’s 2025–26 E‑Rate contract applications, voting 7–0 to authorize the district to file for federal discounts on internet access, wide area network services and network equipment maintenance.
The vote was taken after a presentation by Executive Director of Information Technology Services Eric Heilman, who explained E‑Rate and the district’s request. “E rate is education rate,” Heilman told the board, and described it as a Federal Communications Commission program funded by a universal service fee that provides discounts ranging from about 20% to 90% for schools and libraries.
Heilman said Oklahoma City qualifies for the highest discounts available for the district’s needs because the district participates in the…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
