E-rate Commentary

by Todd Lawrence

USAC Is Scrutinizing Contract Dates on FY2025 Funding Requests. Here’s What That Means for Yours.

If your application is still in Program Integrity Assurance review, your contract dates are one of the first things worth checking. And if you are looking ahead to Funding Year...

by Neal Brautigan

What Trips Applicants Up at Invoicing, and How to Stay Ahead of It

Invoicing sounds like one of the simpler steps in E-rate. Services are delivered, the math is done, you submit and you get paid. In practice, it’s one of the easiest places to make mistakes,...

Why Your CEP Base Year May Be Getting Changed in PIA

If you have ever watched USAC reviewers quietly change your site data, you are not alone. Last year, USAC modified Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) data on roughly one out of...

Michelle Jackson

by Michelle Jackson

Your Funding Year 2026 FCDL Just Landed. Here’s How to Read It in the Next 10 Minutes.

Funding Year 2026 is moving. Wave 1 landed last week bringing commitments to more than 60% of FY2026 applicants, totaling over $1 billion (read our recap). Wave 2 followed on May 7, 2026 (read...

by Kimberly Beck

PIA Reviewers Asked for Your Documentation. Do You Have It?

In Funding Year 2025, 142 funding requests were denied for one reason alone: the applicant could not produce required documentation. Not because the service was ineligible. Not because the funding...

Jonathan Wilson

by Jonathan Wilson

The 2026 E-rate Applicant Survey is Open. Your Experience Belongs in this Conversation.

Now in its 16th year, the 2026 E-rate Applicant Survey is open. The FCC’s new bidding portal is no longer on the horizon — it’s here, and it will be...

by Patrick Burke

I Won the Golden Tape Dispenser. Here’s Why It Mattered More Than I Expected.

The 2026 Golden Tape Dispenser champion, accepting the honor with the gravity it deserves. I won the Golden Tape Dispenser this year. If you don’t work at Funds For Learning, that sentence probably needs some explaining. The...

Three Reasons E-rate Applicants Keep Coming Back to Funds For Learning

We take the stress off your plate. E-rate rules are dense, and they change often. Funds For Learning clients get dedicated GuideTeam consultants who translate that policy into clear, actionable advice...