[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR54.519]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 54_UNIVERSAL SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart F_Universal Service Support for Schools and Libraries
 
Sec. 54.519  State telecommunications networks.

    (a) Telecommunications services. State telecommunications networks 
may secure discounts under the universal service support mechanisms on 
supported telecommunications services (as described in Sec. 54.502) on 
behalf of eligible schools and libraries (as described in Sec. 54.501) 
or consortia that include an eligible school or library. Such state 
telecommunications networks shall pass on such discounts to eligible 
schools and libraries and shall:
    (1) Maintain records listing each eligible school and library and 
showing the basis for each eligibility determination;
    (2) Maintain records demonstrating the discount amount to which each 
eligible school and library is entitled and the basis for such 
determination;
    (3) Take reasonable steps to ensure that each eligible school or 
library receives a proportionate share of the shared services;
    (4) Request that service providers apply the appropriate discount 
amounts on the portion of the supported services used by each school or 
library;
    (5) Direct eligible schools and libraries to pay the discounted 
price; and
    (6) Comply with the competitive bid requirements set forth in Sec. 
54.504(a).
    (b) Internet access and installation and maintenance of internal 
connections. State telecommunications networks either may secure 
discounts on Internet access and installation and maintenance of 
internal connections in the manner described in paragraph (a) of this 
section with regard to telecommunications, or shall be eligible, 
consistent with Sec. 54.517(b), to receive universal service support 
for providing such services to eligible schools, libraries, and 
consortia including those entities.

[63 FR 2131, Jan. 13, 1998; 63 FR 33586, June 19, 1998]