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Calculating Discounts Created by Jerome Browning State E-Rate Coordinator Alabama Department of Education
Calculating Discounts
Created byJerome Browning
State E-Rate CoordinatorAlabama Department of Education
Calculating Discounts
ASA
Automatically Calculated after data entry on Form 471
USAC
SDE
Calculating Discounts
SCHOOL Individual Entities EXAMPLECalculation for Entities
Entity Urban/Rural
Total # of Students
# of Students
Eligible for NSLP
% students Eligible for
NSLP
Discount % from
Discount Matrix
Madison ElementaryU 127 49127 49 49/12738.58% 60%60%
Adams Middle U 195 67
Washington High U 142 47
USAC
SDE
Snapshot
Calculating Discounts
SCHOOL Individual Entities EXAMPLECalculation for Entities
Entity Urban/Rural
Total # of Students
# of Students
Eligible for NSLP
% students Eligible for
NSLP
Discount % from
Discount Matrix
Central High R 450 251 55.777 80%
Career Tech R
Madison ElementaryU 127 49 38.58% 60%
Adams Middle U 195 67
Washington High U 142 47(27)(82)
27 + 82=109
20 + 53=73
73/109=66.97% 80%
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Calculating Shared Discounts
SCHOOL DISTRICT EXAMPLECalculation for Washington School District
Entity Urban/Rural
Total # of Students
# of Students
Eligible for NSLP
% students Eligible for
NSLP
Discount % from
Discount Matrix
Weighted Product for Calculating
Shared Discount
Central High R 450 251 55.777 80%
Career Tech R
Totals for Calculating Weighted Average discount
Weighted Average Discount
Madison ElementaryU 127 49 38.58% 60%
Adams Middle U 195 67
Washington High U 142 47(27)(82)
27 + 82=109
20 + 53=73
73/109=66.97% 80%
60% of 12776.2
50% of 195195 50%
127 60%
97.5
142 71.0 50% of 142
50%
450 80% 360 80% of 450
109 80%80% of
10987.2
1023
sum
691.9
sum
/691.9 1023
67.6%USAC
SDE
See http://www.usac.org/sl/ for official information
