An analysis performed by Funds For Learning shows that the majority of recent appeal decisions issued by the Federal Communications Commission have been in favor of applicants. These appeals deal mainly with procedural mis-steps of applicants and not with issues that are contrary to the core tenents of the E-rate program. This analsys by Funds For Learning outlines several of these appeals and examines the underlying issues.

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The E-rate program provides $2.25 billion annually to help schools and libraries obtain technology funding, but it appears that a significant portion of those funds is not being spent.  This is one of the findings in a report just released by Funds For Learning, the nation’s leading E-rate funding compliance services firm, that explores the issue of E-rate utilization.  The analysis reveals that E-rate stakeholders leave more than 25 percent of committed funds unutilized each year, which amounts to tens of millions of dollars in annual funding that are not used.

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Funds For Learning and eSchool News have completed the first ever national survey of E-rate applicants. Click the link to read Funds For Learning's analysis of the results.

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After examining information from E-rate Funding Years 2005, 2006, and 2007, this report finds that the Schools and Libraries Division of USAC is issuing E-rate commitments more efficiently than previous years.

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In this article, Funds For Learning calculates averages for many metrics of all applicants nationwide

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In this report, Funds For Learning examines Funding Year 2005 utilization by state.  We reveal the states with the highest and lowest E-rate utilization for 2005. 

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In a follow up report to our Funding Year 2007 Requests per Student, we look at requests and commitments per student by state. 

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In this report, Funds For Learning provides a state-by-state listing of E-rate funding requested per student. 

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The number of service providers has changed in recent years, according to an analysis by Funds For Learning.  In this report, we detail the change and highlight reasons behind the change.

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On August 29, 2007, the FCC issued a Report and Order in which outlined changes for all Universal Service Fund programs.  As part of the changes described for the E-rate program, USAC is now required to provide to the FCC certain performance measures for application processing.

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