WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) announces that School Administration District 52, which includes schools in Turner, Greene and Leeds, will receive $4,951.99 in funding discounts under the E-Rate program.

The announcement is part of the fifth year of E-Rate funding for schools and libraries in Maine and nationally.

The Snowe-Rockefeller E-Rate provides discounts of between 20 and 90 percent to schools and libraries – depending on their resources and needs – for the cost of education technology, and funding represents the discounts schools will receive for specific telecommunications services.

The discounts cover the cost of telecommunications, Internet access and internal connections needed to bring information into classrooms and libraries.