E-rate Commentary

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...

Brian Stephens, CEMP

by Brian Stephens

Highlights from CoSN 2026: Advocacy, Innovation, and Ed-Tech Leadership

CoSN 2026 was a wonderfully collaborative event, bringing new ideas, fresh approaches to challenges, and celebrations of wins to education technology leaders across the country. As a proud sponsor of...

John Harrington, CEMP

by John Harrington

Why Funds For Learning Supports CoSN — And Why It Matters for E-rate Applicants

Next week, thousands of education technology leaders will gather in Chicago for CoSN 2026 (April 13–15), the annual conference of the Consortium for School Networking. Funds For Learning is proud...

John Harrington, CEMP

by John Harrington

Who Owns This?

There’s a moment in a lot of meetings that looks like progress. The discussion wraps up.There’s general agreement.Heads nod.The group moves on. And then… nothing happens. No follow-through.No movement.No real...

Independent by design

Funds For Learning sells no E-rate eligible services, holds no SPIN, and accepts no payments from service providers tied to their sales to applicants.

Standard of Conduct