Why hadn't I thought of this before? A colleague mentioned that the recession is increasing the number of students eligible for free and reduced lunch, and it hit me: a bad economy increases the demand for E-Rate funding. I would imagine that most schools didn't see a change in their E-Rate discount (if the percentage of eligible students climbed from 12% to 18%, for example, the discount stays at 40%). But I'd imagine that a significant number of schools saw an increase in their discount.
I wonder what percentage of the increase in funding demand can be attributed to the recession. I'll have to get my database guy on it next week.
No comments:
Post a Comment