Ariz. Admin. Code § 14-2-B1220

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section 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.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R14-2-B1220

New Section made by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2822, effective 9/20/2017.