FAQs

Like all schools, NIFs receive the district-wide discount, regardless of the entities that they serve.

The urban/rural status of a NIF is based on the urban/rural status of the school district or library system’s status as a whole. In order for a district to be considered rural, more than half of the schools or libraries in the district must be rural. NIFs are not included in that determination.

No. NIFs with classrooms, like all other entities in the school district or library system, get the same district-wide discount.

Rural discount rates are available only in those cases where more than half of the schools in the district or libraries in the library system are deemed rural.

No. The urban/rural status of the district is determined only based on the schools or libraries in the district. More than 50 percent of the schools or libraries have to be rural in order for the district to be considered rural.

Yes, because the equipment would be considered “obsolete” under FCC rules (see Section 54.513(b)).

Equipment can be transferred to other eligible entities. You can only move C2 equipment to a district NIF before five years if the NIF is eligible for C2:

• The NIF is used to provide C2 services essential for the effective transport of information to or within one or more eligible instructional buildings of a school or non-administrative library buildings, or
• The FCC has found that the use of those services meets the definition of “educational purpose” (see 47 CFR § 54.502(d)(6)).

    If the NIF does not meet either of the criteria above, you cannot move equipment to the NIF.