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District staff urges quick vote to pursue $323,479 in E‑Rate Category 2 funds for network upgrades
Summary
District technology staff told the board the federal E‑Rate program could cover about 80% of internal network upgrade costs and the district currently has $323,479 available for Category 2 items; administrators warned bidding deadlines may require a short special meeting to approve contracts.
District technology staff outlined a time‑sensitive opportunity to use federal E‑Rate Category 2 funding to upgrade wireless access points, switches and related internal network equipment and asked the board to be prepared for a possible short special meeting to approve a contract.
Nick Stepanovich, a district staff member, explained how E‑Rate divides funding into Category 1 (bandwidth) and Category 2 (internal connections). He said Category 1 historically covers bandwidth costs (the district is currently at an 80% discount level) and that Category 2 covers wireless access points, switches, cabling and racks. "Right now, we have 323,479 available,"…
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