Good morning Anne,

Last year you said we did not have to fill out this form and I assume we don't have to this year, but to be on the safe side I thought I better check in with you.

Thank you very much,

Deb

 Deborah Barrows 
Director of Technology Integration and Innovation
A. R. Gould School
Long Creek Youth Development Center
675 Westbrook St.
So. Portland, ME 04106

207-822-2668
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From: Networkmaine ERate Q and A [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Anne Perloff [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 10:31 AM
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Subject: [NETWORKMAINE-ERATE] FY2013-2014 E-Rate BEAR deadline fast approaching

The deadline for filing and having your service provider certify any Form 472 BEARs for FY2013-2014 is October 28, 2014.

As previously discussed, USAC used to grant an extension unasked, but under the new E-Rate Modernization rules you must now ask for one. A single 120 day extension will be automatically granted only upon request on or before the invoice deadline.

If at this point you have any outstanding BEARs from FY2013-2014 or BEARs that you have completed but your service provider has not yet certified, I suggest that you play it safe by requesting an invoice extension from USAC for all active FY2013-2014 FRNs for which invoices have not yet been submitted AND approved.

Remember, your BEAR is not considered complete until the service provider certifies it.

Information on how to submit an invoice extension:
http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/step07/invoice-extensions.aspx

BEAR login area:
https://www2.sl.universalservice.org/bear/login.aspx

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Anne Perloff
Maine State E-Rate Coordinator for Schools
Networkmaine ... a division of the University of Maine System

Web: www.networkmaine.net/erate/<http://www.networkmaine.net/erate/>

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Phone: 207-561-3584

Fax: 207-561-3531

Mail:
Networkmaine
5752 Neville Hall Rm 244
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469

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