---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 54.519"
title: "47"
number: "54.519"
heading: "State telecommunications networks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/54.519"
---

# §54.519. State telecommunications networks.

- (a) **Telecommunications services.** State telecommunications networks may secure discounts under the universal service support mechanisms on supported telecommunications services (as described in [§ 54.502(a)](/cfr/47/54.502.md?p=a)) on behalf of eligible schools and libraries (as described in [§ 54.501](/cfr/47/54.501.md)) or consortia that include an eligible school or library. Such state telecommunications networks shall pass on such discounts to eligible schools and libraries and shall:
  - (1) Maintain records listing each eligible school and library and showing the basis for each eligibility determination;
  - (2) Maintain records demonstrating the discount amount to which each eligible school and library is entitled and the basis for such determination;
  - (3) Take reasonable steps to ensure that each eligible school or library receives a proportionate share of the shared services;
  - (4) Request that service providers apply the appropriate discount amounts on the portion of the supported services used by each school or library;
  - (5) Direct eligible schools and libraries to pay the discounted price; and
  - (6) Comply with the competitive bid requirements set forth in [§ 54.503](/cfr/47/54.503.md).
- (b) **Internet access and installation and maintenance of internal connections.** State telecommunications networks either may secure discounts on Internet access and installation and maintenance of internal connections in the manner described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section with regard to telecommunications, or shall be eligible, consistent with [§ 54.502(a)](/cfr/47/54.502.md?p=a), to receive universal service support for providing such services to eligible schools, libraries, and consortia including those entities.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 2131, Jan. 13, 1998; 63 FR 33586, June 19, 1998, as amended at75 FR 75415, Dec. 3, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 229, 254, 303(r), 403, 1004, 1302, 1601-1609, and 1752, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 32948, June 17, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 2131, Jan. 13, 1998; 63 FR 33586, June 19, 1998, as amended at75 FR 75415, Dec. 3, 2010]