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DEC 18, 2025 · CYBERSECURITY

FCC Releases Complete Cybersecurity Pilot Dataset, Issues First Funding Commitments

The FCC has released, for the first time, a comprehensive public dataset covering funding requests and initial commitments under the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program. The data provides the clearest picture yet of how the $200 million pilot is unfolding, including nationwide participation, applicant […]

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December 2025

DEC 18, 2025 FCC Releases Complete Cybersecurity Pilot Dataset, Issues First Funding Commitments Cybersecurity DEC 18, 2025 Mark Your Calendar: FY2026 E-rate Filing Window Dates Announced Funding windows DEC 17, 2025 FCC Adopts Final FY2026 Eligible Services List Policy & FCC DEC 17, 2025 Guiding Principles from Guide Appreciation Week 2025 Funding windows DEC 17, 2025 FCC Cybersecurity Pilot Funding Decisions Are Starting to Arrive: What to Know and What to Do Next Cybersecurity DEC 17, 2025 Proposed First Quarter USF Contribution Factor Policy & FCC DEC 11, 2025 Guiding Principles for a Season of Change Cybersecurity DEC 11, 2025 FCC Streamlined E-rate Decisions (Dec 2025): What Schools & Libraries Should Know Policy & FCC DEC 10, 2025 Reply Comments Strengthen Momentum for ESL Modernization Policy & FCC DEC 4, 2025 What E-rate Applicants Are Telling Us About FY2026 and Why It Matters Right Now Funding windows DEC 4, 2025 Why We Do the Trends Report Every Year Commentary DEC 4, 2025 USAC Releases Cost Projections for First Quarter 2026 Policy & FCC DEC 1, 2025 November Appeal Decisions Released by FCC PIA & reviews

November 2025

NOV 20, 2025 When Rules Meet the Mission Commentary NOV 20, 2025 Broad Support Builds for Modernizing the ESL Policy & FCC NOV 20, 2025 Plan Now: New Category Two Budgets and EPC Updates Policy & FCC NOV 13, 2025 Keep Your Cool: The Case for a Calming Presence Commentary NOV 13, 2025 E-rate Operations Continue as FCC Prepares to Reopen Policy & FCC NOV 13, 2025 Court Grants FCC’s Motion to Stay Pending Congressional Action Policy & FCC NOV 5, 2025 E-rate and the Federal Shutdown: What Schools and Libraries Need to Know PIA & reviews

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SLC Board Drafts Policy Statement to Define ‘Educational Purposes’

The Schools and Libraries Corporation Board Nov. 17 drafted a "proposed policy statement" to guide schools and libraries in certifying that the services for which they are seeking E-rate funding are used for "educational...

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