Section 815-RICR-10-00-3.2 - DefinitionsA. "Department of Education" means the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education B. "Division" means the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers.C. "Telecommunications Education Access Fund" means the programs and funding made available to qualified libraries and schools to assist in paying the costs of acquiring, installing and using telecommunications technologies to access the internet.D. "Qualified library" means a public library as defined in the Library Services and Technology Act, 20 U.S.C. § 9122 and must be eligible for assistance from a state library administrative agency under that Act. Only libraries, which have budgets, that are completely separate from any schools (including, but not limited to, elementary and secondary, colleges and universities), shall be eligible to receive support. Libraries operating as a for-profit business shall not be eligible for support.E. "Qualified school" means a public or private school that is eligible for the federal Universal Service (E-Rate) support and meets the definition of "elementary school" or "secondary school" in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. § 8801). Schools operating as a for-profit business or with endowments exceeding fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) are not eligible for support.F. "Telecommunications," for purposes of this program, means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.G. "Telecommunications services provider" means any person, party or entity which provides local telecommunications services.H. "Telecommunications service" means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such class of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.815 R.I. Code R. 815-RICR-10-00-3.2