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, as well as Discovery Education Science 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