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FCC 54.501
Revised as of October 1, 2013
Goto Year:2012 |
2014
§ 54.501 Eligibility for services provided by telecommunications carriers.
(a) Schools. (1) Only schools meeting the statutory definition of
"elementary school" or "secondary school" as defined in § 54.500(c) or
(k) of these rules, and not excluded under paragraphs (a)(2) or (a)(3)
of this section shall be eligible for discounts on telecommunications
and other supported services under this subpart.
(2) Schools operating as for-profit businesses shall not be eligible
for discounts under this subpart.
(3) Schools with endowments exceeding $50,000,000 shall not be eligible
for discounts under this subpart.
(b) Libraries. (1) Only libraries eligible for assistance from a State
library administrative agency under the Library Services and Technology
Act (Pub. L. 104-208) and not excluded under paragraphs (b)(2) or (3)
of this section shall be eligible for discounts under this subpart.
(2) A library's eligibility for universal service funding shall depend
on its funding as an independent entity. Only libraries whose budgets
are completely separate from any schools (including, but not limited
to, elementary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities) shall
be eligible for discounts as libraries under this subpart.
(3) Libraries operating as for-profit businesses shall not be eligible
for discounts under this subpart.
(c) Consortia. (1) For purposes of seeking competitive bids for
supported services, schools and libraries eligible for support under
this subpart may form consortia with other eligible schools and
libraries, with health care providers eligible under subpart G, and
with public sector (governmental) entities, including, but not limited
to, state colleges and state universities, state educational
broadcasters, counties, and municipalities, when ordering
telecommunications and other supported services under this subpart.
With one exception, eligible schools and libraries participating in
consortia with ineligible private sector members shall not be eligible
for discounts for interstate services under this subpart. A consortium
may include ineligible private sector entities if the pre-discount
prices of any services that such consortium receives are generally
tariffed rates.
(2) For consortia, discounts under this subpart shall apply only to the
portion of eligible telecommunications and other supported services
used by eligible schools and libraries.
(3) Service providers shall keep and retain records of rates charged to
and discounts allowed for eligible schools and libraries--on their own
or as part of a consortium. Such records shall be available for public
inspection.
[ 62 FR 32948 , June 17, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 2129 , Jan. 13, 1998;
68 FR 36942 , June 20, 2003; 75 FR 75411 , Dec. 3, 2010; 76 FR 56302 ,
Sept. 13, 2011]
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