Summary: EDLINC Reply Comments

Contributed by: Christine Rademan <cradema@libby.litchpkeld.k12.az.us>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 17:20:35 +0000

In this reply to comments, the Coalition rebuts comments of parties calling for further study. It asks the Joint Board to make initial recommendations so that introduction of services can begin as soon as possible.

The Coalition also cautions against proposals which would operate with the premise that universal service is a specific network model which would be apportioned to schools through a system similar to block grants or vouchers.

The Coalition argues that "bona fide" means good faith; it opposes plans which use a new bureaucracy to qualify applications.

It reiterates features of its proposed plan: Open bidding for the right to serve a particular school or library district; permitting aggregation on the broadest basis; making all services available at discounted rates; ease of administration since existing purchasing methods already safeguard school and library purchases; ease of administration since applying discounted rates to all existing technologies eliminates the need to qualify recipients of the funds.


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