US:PA-4: Paying for service

Paying for service

Barb Landon (landonb@ns.neiu.k12.pa.us)
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 06:12:50 -0500


I was at a link to learn seminar on Friday.  At this meeting we were
told to be careful with consulting firms who would like to be given
money to fill out the erate forms.  I am going to a meeting on Wednesday
evening which involves one consortium that our school is with.  It seems
that the push in this consortium is to hire a firm for $1500 per
school.  Does this seem to be the norm?  Is this what other schools are
doing around the state?  If we decide not to go this route does this
mean that we would not qualify for the erate that the rest of the
consortium would receive for distance learning?  Please advise.