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As a result of a class action lawsuit against the Microsoft Corporation, educators now have access to critical funding for educational technology including both hardware and software. To date, 18 states and the District of Columbia have reached proposed settlements totaling over 2.5 billion dollars. In nearly every state, 50% of the unclaimed funds have been earmarked for school districts.

Although each state is handling the distribution of these funds differently, the majority of state agencies are providing districts with both a general purpose and software voucher to use towards approved purchases. While the definitions of vouchers may vary from state to state, in general they are as follows.

General Purpose Vouchers may be used for qualifying hardware purchases. This includes personal computers, laptop computers, Tablet PCs and Apple Macintosh computers. If the total amount of your voucher(s) is less than $950, you may also redeem your voucher(s) for the purchase of printers, monitors, scanners, keyboards, mice and other pointing devices. If the total amount of your voucher(s) is $950 or more, you may redeem your voucher(s) for the purchase of printers, monitors, scanners, keyboards, mice and other pointing devices only in connection with the purchase of a computer.

Software Vouchers may be used to purchase qualifying software which includes any software title, including titles not published by Microsoft, which is available for sale to the general public in standard form and is capable of running on any Qualifying Hardware (see above).
In several states, Discovery Education�s flagship product, Discovery Education streaming and the Discovery Media Server have been approved for purchase. Please consider this source of funding for your future purchases of Discovery Education products and services. For additional information, please contact the site administrator for your state.
Arizona
888-230-0363

Arkansas
800-572-0455

California
800-419-5286

District of Columbia
888-230-0363

Florida
888-748-8055

Kansas
888-230-0363 		Massachusetts
888-230-0363

Minnesota
800-928-1638

Nebraska
888-230-0363

New Mexico
888-230-0363

New York
Pending

North Carolina
888-230-0363 		North Dakota
888-230-0363

South Dakota
888-230-0363

Tennessee
877-208-9780

Vermont
800-768-5812

West Virginia
888-230-0363

Wisconsin
866.494.8399
If your state is not listed, you do not currently qualify for Microsoft Settlement funds. Please contact your sales representative at 800.323.9084 for a list of additional funding opportunities that may apply to your state.
Please share your success or any difficulties that occur in submitting for your Microsoft settlement reimbursement by calling, or sending an email to Andy Schaefer.

Phone:     800-323-9084
Email:      andy_schaefer@discovery.com