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? |
i. Reimburse beneficiaries directly for discounted portions, rather than routing payments through service providers. |
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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 | 52.5 | 48.1-57.0 | 15.1 | 11.9-18.4 | 20.8 | 17.2-24.4 | 4.6 | 2.9-6.9 | 2.5 | 1.3-4.3 | 4.5 | 2.8-6.7 |
| 2. Rural | 49.9 | 43.4-56.4 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.1 | 24.5 | 18.9-30.1 | 2.8 | 1.1-6.0 | 3.2 | 1.3-6.5 | 3.9 | 1.8-7.3 |
| 3. Urban | 54.9 | 48.7-61.1 | 14.7 | 10.4-19.8 | 17.5 | 13.0-22.8 | 6.1 | 3.4-9.9 | 1.8 | 0.6-4.1 | 5.0 | 2.7-8.4 |
| 4. Priority 1 funding only | 50.6 | 45.6-55.7 | 15.2 | 11.7-19.3 | 22.2 | 18.0-26.3 | 4.9 | 3.0-7.7 | 2.6 | 1.3-4.7 | 4.5 | 2.6-7.1 |
| 5. At least some priority 2 funding | 60.6 | 51.1-70.2 | 14.8 | 8.4-23.5 | 15.0 | 8.9-23.1 | 3.0 | 0.7-8.5 | 2.1 | 0.4-6.4 | 4.4 | 1.5-9.9 |
| 6. School district | 51.9 | 46.0-57.8 | 16.1 | 12.0-21.0 | 22.8 | 17.9-27.7 | 5.2 | 2.9-8.6 | 1.8 | 0.6-4.2 | 2.2 | 0.8-4.6 |
| 7. Library | 48.1 | 36.8-59.5 | 12.4 | 5.6-22.6 | 19.2 | 10.9-30.2 | 3.1 | 0.4-10.5 | 8.2 | 3.0-17.1 | 9.0 | 3.4-18.6 |
| 8. School | 56.3 | 47.7-64.9 | 14.3 | 8.6-21.8 | 17.0 | 11.0-24.5 | 3.7 | 1.2-8.9 | 1.2 | 0.1-4.9 | 7.6 | 3.6-13.7 |