ShareApplicant Filing Data for Utah
Entity Numbers
Your Entity Number is a unique number assigned to your organization or institution by the SLD as a means of identifying you every time you file an application or otherwise communicate with SLD. If you have never been assigned such a number or if you need to identify a new physical facility, please call the SLD Client Service Bureau at 1-888-203-8100. UEN attempts to obtain entity numbers for Utah entities expected to require one. Please contact UEN prior to contacting USAC to see if one has already been obtained, or search for any Billed Entity Number with USAC’s BEN Search tool.
E-Rate Discounts
UEN collects and reports to USAC state-validated enrollment and NSLP eligibility data.
For the majority of Utah E-rate applicants, you may refer to and/or download the state's Child Nutrition Data from the Utah State Office of Education - Child Nutrition Program's web site. For 2013, UEN anticipates that finalized data will be published the first week of January 2013.
Utah Division of Purchasing State Master Contracts for 2013
A listing of Utah State Master Contracts (SMCs) for E-rate eligible products and services that remain valid for at least some portion of funding year 2013 may be downloaded here . Remember, if you use a SMC for 2013 Priority One services, you may need to post a 2013 Form 470 and conduct a competitive bidding process in order to legitimately identify replacement services in funding requests for the remainder of funding year 2013.
Please remember that if you refer to a State Contract for the purposes of E-rate, download and print a copy of the state contract for your files and document your procurement process, including your rationale for selecting a State Contract. SMCs with Multiple award schedules will require cost comparisons (mini-bid process) of all relevant vendors’ offerings. The link to search for and download Utah State Division of Purchasing's state master contracts is: http://generalservices.utah.gov/statewidecontracts/contractsearch.aspx
E-Rate Discount Calculations
The primary measure for determining E-rate discounts for schools and libraries in Utah is the percentage of public education students eligible for free and reduced lunches under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Students’ eligibility is determined by their families’ household income as compared to the USDA’s Income Eligibility Guidelines, which are updated annually – see link below.
To date the main method to obtain NSLP eligibility in Utah has been through the use of collected NSLP applications by individual schools, reported to and published by Child Nutrition Services at the Utah State Office of Education. This has insured those eligible and who desire free or reduced price lunch may participate in and benefit from the NSLP program. This, however, has not been effective at proving actual NSLP eligibility in Utah, leading to dramatic reductions in all funding for Utah that is dependent upon NSLP Eligibility, including that obtained from E-rate.
To improve and maximize the E-rate return for the whole of Utah and to aid in obtaining all funds distributed on the basis of NSLP Eligibility, we are recommending the use of Income Survey’s by schools to help establish more accurate reporting of NSLP Eligibility. Applications for NSLP should be provided to students by their schools separately and completed by students’ families separately from the Income Survey. Utah Education Network asks that your school or district distribute, collect, and use the Income Survey, provided below in both English and Spanish language, for Income Data Collection at the start of each school year.
Sibling matching – It has been shown in numerous instances that districts taking the time to match siblings from low income households across all grade levels within the district successfully increase the percentage of NSLP students reportable to USAC.
- 2012-2013 Student Household Income Survey for E-rate (English) (doc)
- 2012-2013 Student Household Income Survey for E-rate (Spanish) (doc)
Utah 2013 Valid Enrollment and NSLP eligibility data
USDA’s Child Nutrition Programs
E-rate Discount Matrix
| INCOME Measured by % of students eligible for the National School Lunch Program |
URBAN LOCATION Discount |
RURAL LOCATION Discount |
| If the % of students in your school that qualifies for the National School Lunch Program is... |
...and you are in an URBAN area, your discount will be... |
...and you are in a RURAL area, your discount will be... |
| Less than 1% |
20% | 25% |
| 1% to 19% |
40% | 50% |
| 20% to 34% |
50% | 60% |
| 35% to 49% |
60% | 70% |
| 50% to 74% |
80% | 80% |
| 75% to 100% | 90% | 90% |