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by Kimberly Beck

FY2026 E-rate Records: What to Keep, and for How Long

If you are ever asked for paperwork during an E-rate review and you can’t produce it, your funding can be reduced or recovered, even when your original application was filed...

Eric Jester, CEMP

Fielding a PIA Question About a Tax or Fee? Start Here.

If you are working through Program Integrity Assurance (PIA) review and a question comes up about a tax, fee, or surcharge, start with this: these charges are often eligible. USAC...

by Todd Lawrence

When Your Enrollment Number Changes, Your Funding Can Too.

Your enrollment number drives your discount percentage, so if it is wrong, the fix can affect your funding before you ever see it. In FY2025, USAC modified enrollment on 3,796...

by Funds For Learning

What This Month’s E-rate Appeal Decisions Mean for Your Next Filing

On July 1, 2026, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau released DA 26-589, its latest round of streamlined E-rate appeal and waiver decisions. The order is smaller than in recent months,...

by Funds For Learning

Next Year’s Draft Eligible Services List Is Out, with a Few Services in Question

The FCC has released the draft Eligible Services List (ESL) for Funding Year 2027, the list of services E-rate will fund next year. The draft, published June 30, 2026, proposes...

Micah Rigdon, CEMP

by Micah Rigdon

Preparing for FY2027: Don’t Let Bidding Season Catch You Off Guard.

If you rely on a multi-year contract for your internet or wide-area network services, that agreement gave you years of more affordable connectivity. It also means your needs have probably...

by Michelle Jackson

Happy New Year! FY2026 Has Started. Here’s What to Do Now.

Happy New Year! Not the January kind. As of July 1, Funding Year 2026 is officially underway, and that makes this the real start of the year for E-rate applicants. ...

by Funds For Learning

Full E-rate Review Text Has Been Released: Still Nothing You Need to File Today.

The FCC has released the full text of its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking opening a review of the E-rate program. Here is what applicants should know. First, the practical matter:...