May 7, 1997 FCC Universal Service Order
Section X (regarding Schools and Libraries).
FCC 97-157.
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Report and Order.
12 FCC Rcd 8776 (1997).

Source: FCC.  This document does not include footnotes from the original.

X. Schools and Libraries

A. Overview.

B. Telecommunications Carrier Functionalities and Services Eligible for Support.

C. Discount Methodology.

D. Restrictions Imposed on Schools and Libraries.

E. Funding Mechanisms for Schools and Libraries.

F. Access to Advanced Telecommunications and Information Services.

G. Sections 706 and 708 of the 1996 Act.

H. Initiation.

H.  Initiation

1. Background

606. The Joint Board recommended that the Commission adopt rules that will permit schools and libraries to begin using discounted services ordered pursuant to section 254(h) at the start of the 1997 - 1998 school year. The Joint Board anticipated that schools and libraries may begin complying with the self-certification requirements as soon as the Commission's rules become effective.

2. Discussion

607. We concur with the Joint Board's recommendation and conclude that we adopt rules implementing the schools and libraries discount program at the start of the 1997 - 1998 school year. As discussed above, we also conclude that the funding year will be the calendar year and that support will begin to flow on January 1, 1998.