Schools and Libraries Program
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The Schools and Libraries Program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounts to help schools and public libraries obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Schools and Libraries program | 2 |
| Schools and Libraries Program canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4425983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schools and Libraries Program Context triple: [E-Rate program, alsoKnownAs, Schools and Libraries Program]
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A.
Imagination Library
Imagination Library is a global early childhood literacy program that mails free, high-quality books each month to children from birth to age five to foster a love of reading.
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B.
Great Books Program
The Great Books Program is St. John’s College’s distinctive, discussion-based liberal arts curriculum centered on reading and analyzing classic works of Western thought across disciplines.
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C.
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental is a major American nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting children’s literacy by providing books and reading resources to young people.
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D.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
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E.
LightSail program
The LightSail program is The Planetary Society’s crowdfunded initiative to demonstrate and advance solar sail spacecraft technology for low-cost, propellant-free space exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schools and Libraries Program Target entity description: The Schools and Libraries Program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounts to help schools and public libraries obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.
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A.
Imagination Library
Imagination Library is a global early childhood literacy program that mails free, high-quality books each month to children from birth to age five to foster a love of reading.
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B.
Great Books Program
The Great Books Program is St. John’s College’s distinctive, discussion-based liberal arts curriculum centered on reading and analyzing classic works of Western thought across disciplines.
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C.
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental is a major American nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting children’s literacy by providing books and reading resources to young people.
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D.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
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E.
LightSail program
The LightSail program is The Planetary Society’s crowdfunded initiative to demonstrate and advance solar sail spacecraft technology for low-cost, propellant-free space exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government program
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federal funding program ⓘ universal service support mechanism ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Universal Service Administrative Company ⓘ |
| administeredThrough |
USAC Schools and Libraries Division
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linked to:
USAC
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| alsoKnownAs |
E-Rate Program
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linked to:
E-Rate program
|
| applicationCycle | annual funding year ⓘ |
| applicationForm |
FCC Form 470
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FCC Form 471 ⓘ FCC Form 472 ⓘ FCC Form 474 ⓘ FCC Form 479 ⓘ FCC Form 486 ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
consortia of eligible schools and libraries
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eligible public libraries ⓘ eligible schools ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| discountDependsOn |
poverty level of the population served
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urban or rural status of the applicant ⓘ |
| discountRange | 20 to 90 percent ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
applicant must be an eligible school or library as defined by FCC rules
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services must be used for educational purposes ⓘ |
| focus | high-speed broadband and internal Wi-Fi networks ⓘ |
| fundingSource | Universal Service Fund ⓘ |
| governingBody | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Telecommunications Act of 1996 ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| policyGoal |
to close the digital divide in education
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to ensure affordable access to advanced telecommunications services for schools and libraries ⓘ |
| provides |
discounts on internal connections
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discounts on internet access ⓘ discounts on managed internal broadband services ⓘ discounts on telecommunications services ⓘ support for basic maintenance of internal connections ⓘ |
| purpose |
to help schools and libraries obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access
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to reduce the cost of broadband and internal connections for eligible institutions ⓘ |
| regulatoryDocket |
FCC E-Rate proceedings
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linked to:
E-Rate program
|
| requires |
competitive bidding for most services
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technology plan for certain types of support (historically) ⓘ |
| sector |
education
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public libraries ⓘ |
| startYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| supports |
broadband connectivity to classrooms
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broadband connectivity to library buildings ⓘ |
| typeOfSupport | discounts rather than direct grants ⓘ |
| website | https://www.usac.org/e-rate/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Schools and Libraries Program Description of subject: The Schools and Libraries Program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounts to help schools and public libraries obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Schools and Libraries Program
Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers
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fundsProgram
→
Schools and Libraries program
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linked to: Schools and Libraries Program