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On June 4, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the updates to the E-rate Category Two funding floors and multipliers for the next five-year funding cycle...

May 16, 2024 The FCC released the agenda for the Open Commission meeting on June 6 regarding the E-rate cybersecurity pilot program. Below reflects the FCC Fact Sheet on th...

The Form 471 filing window for FY 2024 closed last Wednesday, March 27th. Preliminary demand, as reflected in the “In Window” applications certified by the deadline showed: ...

The Funding Year (FY) 2024 FCC Form 471 application filing window will open on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at noon ET and will close on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 , at 11:59 p.m....

The EPC administrative window is the period during which applicants can make updates to their profile information including student counts, National School Lunch Program (NSLP) ...

The USAC E-rate News Brief released September 21, 2023 explained the following program updates for FY2024 for all applicants. Cost Allocations The FCC provided guidance on ...

Emergency Connectivity Fund Update June 4, 2021 Over the last few weeks, many have asked about the eligibility of future purchases of chromebooks in regards to schoo...

Emergency Connectivity Fund Users – Which users are eligible for ECF-supported goods and services? Students, school ...

Some Category 2 equipment is not completely eligible for E-rate funding . This requires the application to deduct a percentage of the base costs to arrive at the E-rate eligible...

Following up on an earlier News Brief of June 26 th , USAC sent emails to registered EPC and BEAR Form system users last week to announce that “MFA is Coming to E-rate on July 27...

Connected Nation , which assumed the responsibility for maintaining the E-rate broadband funding database from EducationSuperHighway, has released the first version of its free...

USAC has deployed the new Category Two (C2) budget tool . This tool will cover the five-year cycle that starts in FY2021 (July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022) and ends in FY2025. ...

Administrative Window Reminder Now that we’re on the threshold of December, and before thoughts turn to the holidays, all applicants should review/update their E...

Schools- $167 per student Libraries- $4.50 per square foot Minimum of $25,000 for individual library or school DISCOUNT RATES Your discount rate comes directly f...