Applicant Qualifications and Restrictions:

• Applications may be submitted for Middle Schools and High Schools only.
• The target contribution size will be between 2,000 and 4,000 students per school district. Applications should not be submitted for significantly larger or smaller contributions
• Contributions can be split among multiple schools within a single district as long as
  1) the maximum number of connections is not exceeded
  2) all students within each applicant school are eligible to receive service (i.e., partial school deployments will not be considered)
• An applicant school must either be eligible to receive Title I funding or one in which more than 50% of enrolled students are eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program
• All applicant schools must have at least 1 dedicated IT support professional on staff
• All applicant schools must be physically located within AT&T’s 4G or 4G LTE coverage areas. Click here to view a map of AT&T’s network footprint and search using the school’s ZIP code
• Applicant schools must be willing to verify that all teachers have completed any training that may be required

TO APPLY: http://www.connectednation.org/attaspire

Eligible schools and school districts must complete and submit an application via this web site. Applications will be reviewed and considered by Connected Nation, entirely independent of any current, past, or future E-rate or school technology procurement processes. For prepartion purposes only, a full list of application questions can be downloaded in PDF format by clicking here.

Applicants will be given an option to save their progress and return to the application at a later date and time by entering their e-mail address in the designated field at the top of each application page. A unique application link will then be generated by the system and e-mailed to the address provided.

Awardees will be selected during three phases:

• Summer 2014 (DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS JULY 15, 2014)
• Late Fall 2014 (Deadline TBD)
• Spring 2015 (Deadline TBD)

Please check this site frequently for future program updates, including future submission deadlines.

If you have any questions or experience difficulties in the submission of your application, please contact us at connectEDinitiative@connectednation.org.

IMPORTANT NOTICE/DISCLAIMER: Connected Nation, Inc. (CN) has been selected as an independent third party non-profit organization to assist AT&T in fulfilling its commitment under the ConnectED Initiative and will make the sole and final determination as to which schools, if any, receive a contribution under AT&T’s ConnectED Initiative commitment. The submission of an application is part of a competitive process that in no way guarantees the award of any contribution to the applicant school. CN is not an agent of AT&T and its commitment as part of the ConnectED Initiative is entirely independent of any past, current, or future E-rate procurement process.

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