In Funding Year 2022, E-rate applicants requested discounts on Internet and data services which will be delivered to 130,634 individual school and library locations nationwide. While the amount of funds requested in Category One declined for the fifth consecutive year, the number of sites supported by C1 services rose to an eight-year high:
Whether applicants requested $51.59 (the smallest total amount requested by a single applicant for C1 services in FY2022) or $ 119,684,232.42 (the largest), it is clear that schools and libraries nationwide consistently rely on the E-rate program to keep their sites connected.
