Q12. A list of suggestions that beneficiaries and school and library associations have made to improve the E-rate program follows. To what extent do you favor or oppose each of these suggestions? |
a. Remove the Form 470 from E-rate program requirements, so that applicants would rely exclusively on state and local competitive bidding rules. |
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| Strongly favor | Somewhat favor | Neither favor nor oppose | Somewhat oppose | Strongly oppose | Not applicable or do not know | |||||||
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| 1. All respondents | 26.2 | 22.2-30.2 | 14.5 | 11.3-17.6 | 25.2 | 21.3-29.2 | 10.5 | 7.9-13.7 | 13.2 | 10.3-16.6 | 10.4 | 7.8-13.4 |
| 2. Rural | 25.4 | 19.7-31.1 | 16.7 | 12.1-22.2 | 25.6 | 19.9-31.3 | 10.0 | 6.4-14.7 | 12.2 | 8.3-17.1 | 10.1 | 6.5-14.8 |
| 3. Urban | 26.9 | 21.3-32.4 | 12.6 | 8.7-17.4 | 24.9 | 19.5-30.4 | 11.0 | 7.4-15.6 | 14.1 | 9.9-19.1 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.0 |
| 4. Priority 1 funding only | 26.4 | 21.9-30.8 | 14.6 | 11.2-18.6 | 25.2 | 20.8-29.6 | 10.2 | 7.3-13.8 | 12.2 | 9.1-16.0 | 11.3 | 8.3-14.9 |
| 5. At least some priority 2 funding | 25.4 | 17.2-35.0 | 13.9 | 7.8-22.1 | 25.3 | 16.9-35.3 | 12.0 | 6.2-20.3 | 17.3 | 10.4-26.4 | 6.2 | 2.5-12.4 |
| 6. School district | 27.4 | 22.2-32.7 | 16.5 | 12.4-21.4 | 23.4 | 18.4-28.3 | 11.0 | 7.6-15.3 | 14.5 | 10.6-19.1 | 7.2 | 4.5-10.8 |
| 7. Library | 22.5 | 13.5-34.0 | 14.1 | 7.0-24.4 | 30.9 | 20.3-43.2 | 9.4 | 3.7-18.9 | 4.6 | 1.0-12.5 | 18.5 | 10.1-29.7 |
| 8. School | 25.0 | 17.7-33.5 | 9.8 | 5.3-16.4 | 26.8 | 18.9-34.7 | 10.0 | 5.3-16.7 | 14.5 | 8.8-22.0 | 13.9 | 8.2-21.4 |