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? |
e. Increase the number of employees who review applications for funding (i.e., PIA reviewers). |
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| Strongly favor | Somewhat favor | Neither favor nor oppose | Somewhat oppose | Strongly oppose | Not applicable or do not know | |||||||
| Type | Estimated percentage |
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| 1. All respondents | 21.0 | 17.3-24.6 | 18.4 | 14.9-21.9 | 39.1 | 34.6-43.5 | 2.1 | 1.0-3.9 | 4.0 | 2.4-6.3 | 15.4 | 12.2-18.7 |
| 2. Rural | 16.8 | 12.2-22.3 | 21.0 | 15.7-26.2 | 38.1 | 31.7-44.4 | 3.1 | 1.2-6.2 | 4.7 | 2.3-8.4 | 16.5 | 11.9-21.9 |
| 3. Urban | 24.6 | 19.2-30.1 | 16.2 | 11.8-21.4 | 40.0 | 33.8-46.1 | 1.3 | 0.3-3.7 | 3.4 | 1.5-6.6 | 14.5 | 10.4-19.4 |
| 4. Priority 1 funding only | 19.7 | 15.7-23.7 | 17.9 | 14.1-21.8 | 39.5 | 34.5-44.4 | 1.6 | 0.6-3.6 | 3.8 | 2.1-6.3 | 17.4 | 13.7-21.3 |
| 5. At least some priority 2 funding | 26.5 | 18.0-36.6 | 20.4 | 12.9-29.8 | 37.3 | 27.6-47.1 | 4.1 | 1.1-10.4 | 4.9 | 1.4-11.9 | 6.6 | 2.9-12.8 |
| 6. School district | 20.8 | 16.0-25.5 | 19.4 | 14.8-24.0 | 39.8 | 34.1-45.6 | 2.7 | 1.1-5.3 | 5.4 | 3.1-8.8 | 11.9 | 8.4-16.3 |
| 7. Library | 17.1 | 9.1-28.2 | 23.1 | 13.8-34.9 | 35.2 | 24.0-46.4 | 0.1 | 0.0-0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0-2.7 | 24.4 | 14.8-36.4 |
| 8. School | 23.4 | 16.1-32.1 | 13.6 | 8.2-20.7 | 39.2 | 30.4-48.0 | 1.8 | 0.2-6.3 | 2.7 | 0.6-7.7 | 19.3 | 12.7-27.5 |