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by Funds For Learning

A Review of E-rate Is Launched: Your Filings and Deadlines Are Not Affected

Today the FCC began a wide-ranging review of the E-rate program. If you count on E-rate to connect your schools or your libraries, here is the most important thing to...

Cathy Cruzan, CEMP

by Cathy Cruzan

A Connectivity Program, and Why the States Already Decide the Rest

The comments before the Commission run from one pole to the other regarding the draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. What unites them is a temptation...

by Christopher Odom

Where FY2026 Funding Stands at Mid-Year

We are midway through the year and here’s where FY2026 E-rate funding stands. Applicants requested $3.59 billion, USAC has committed about $1.2 billion so far, roughly $2.29 billion is still...

Cathy Cruzan, CEMP

by Cathy Cruzan

A Consistent Message Is Emerging in the E-rate NPRM Docket

From libraries and state coordinators to superintendents and providers, recent ex parte filings are converging on the same ask — give the record more time. As the FCC moves toward an...

by Funds For Learning

E-rate Advocates File Ex Partes with FCC Commissioners Ahead of Vote

With the FCC’s draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking circulating ahead of a scheduled vote, two significant ex parte filings were submitted to the Commission...

Sean Lock, CEMP

FY2025 Ends June 30. FY2026 Starts July 1. Here’s How to Keep Your Funding Flowing.

If you manage E-rate for your school or library, the transition into July is one of the points where I see avoidable mistakes most often. Funding Year 2025 begins to wrap...

by Patrick Burke

Check Your Labels: How the EPC ‘Attribute Sub-Type’ Can Trigger a Review

Here’s something you don’t want to happen: you submit your E-rate application, then weeks later USAC comes back with a correction, not about the service you ordered, but about a...

by Sheauna Brown

UEI: What It Is and What You Need to Do Now

Why This Matters If the entity information in your E-rate records doesn’t match your federal registration, your funding commitments, invoices, and payments can stall. That mismatch usually traces back to one thing: your...