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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The document you will need to calculate your library’s eRate discount--- <b>October 2012 MR-81</b> document, Data for Free and Reduced Price Meal Eligibility-- is now available. The data can be found at the Ohio Department of Education ftp site at <a href="ftp://ftp.ode.state.oh.us"><span style='color:windowtext'>ftp://ftp.ode.state.oh.us</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>- Click on the MR81 folder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>- Click on the October 2012 folder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>- The data is available in 3 formats: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>1. Text file – this is a formatted text file. Sponsor and county totals can be found on this file. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Note: This file must be opened using Notepad or WordPad to be formatted correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>2. Tab delimited file – this file can be easily imported into a spreadsheet, such as Microsoft Excel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>3. Zip file – this file has been zipped to make it smaller. Once saved to a local drive it must be unzipped before it can be used.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>- The data is separated into 3 reports <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Traditional claiming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Community Eligibility Option (CEO)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Provision 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Please note, for E-Rate discount calculations, USAC is currently unable to accept the Community Eligibility Option Free/Reduced counts on the FY2013 Form 471 application. If a school district in your service area is participating in CEO, you will need to reference their October 2011 Free/Reduced counts in the Block 4 worksheet of the Form 471.</span><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><img border=0 width=125 height=71 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE02D9.98A87A20" alt="Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CC60D3.E1B03810"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Mandy Knapp<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>274 E. 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Tel: 614-466-1710<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Toll Free: 800-686-1532 (Ohio only)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Fax: 614-466-3584<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.library.ohio.gov/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>www.library.ohio.gov</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>Share Your Story</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'> at </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/state-librarian/share-your-story"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>http://library.ohio.gov/state-librarian/share-your-story</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'><br>Tell us how a State Library service or resource helped you or your library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>