Ex-Commissioner Deborah Taylor-Tate and Education Networks of America met Nov. 13, 14 and 15rnwith FCC Wireline Bureau staff and aides to several commissioners, they said in an ex parte filing posted onlinernTuesday (http://bit.ly/18RnrOi). The group said it supports the FCC’s goals for modernizing the E-rate program,rnand offered ideas on streamlining the application process for E-rate funds. The E-rate program should also be able to provide partial funding “in situations that merit such treatment,” they said in a presentation that was includedrnwith the filing(http://bit.ly/18RnARR). They recommended exemption of schools, libraries and their underlyingrnproviders from paying into the Universal Service Fund on services and service components. They alsornsuggested a standing committee of “E-rate constituents” to help ongoing improvement of the rules.
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