Q4. Compared to funding year 2005, are the current E-rate program requirements easier, the same, or more difficult?

  Question
choices
  Easier now The same More difficult now Unable to respond; I began participating after funding year 2005
Type Estimated
percentage
95 percent
confidence interval
Estimated
percentage
95 percent
confidence interval
Estimated
percentage
95 percent
confidence interval
Estimated
percentage
95 percent
confidence interval
1. All respondents 37.8 33.4-42.3 37.5 33.1-42.0 12.9 9.9-16.3 11.8 9.0-15.0
2. Rural 35.8 29.5-42.2 40.0 33.6-46.3 13.5 9.3-18.8 10.7 7.0-15.3
3. Urban 39.6 33.3-45.8 35.4 29.3-41.5 12.3 8.4-17.1 12.8 8.8-17.7
4. Priority 1 funding only 37.5 32.5-42.4 39.4 34.4-44.4 12.5 9.3-16.4 10.6 7.6-14.2
5. At least some priority 2 funding 39.4 29.4-49.4 29.5 20.3-38.7 14.3 7.9-23.1 16.9 10.0-25.8
6. School district 37.0 31.3-42.8 38.4 32.7-44.1 13.3 9.5-17.9 11.3 7.8-15.6
7. Library 36.4 24.6-48.1 33.3 22.1-46.1 17.3 9.1-28.5 13.0 6.0-23.7
8. School 40.4 31.6-49.3 37.6 28.9-46.3 9.6 4.9-16.5 12.4 7.3-19.3