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Continued High Demand for Lit Fiber and Internal Connections

In Funding Year 2024, applicants nationwide requested discounts on more than $1.7 billion of Category One lit fiber services, nearly three times more than all other types of Category One...

FY2024 E-rate Applicant Survey

Your feedback is important. Please take the survey today! It is available here. How have recent events impacted your organization’s technology plans? How important is E-rate funding to your organization?...

Funding Year 2023 Requests Still Pending

As the Funding Year 2024 application window closes and we prepare for announcements about the first funding waves, nearly 5% of FY2023 requests are still pending. As of April 5,...

USAC Submits Semi-Annual Audit Recovery Report

On March 29, 2024, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) submitted their Semi-Annual Audit Report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As required by the FCC’s Fifth Report and Order,...

$3.24 Billion Requested for FY2024

On March 28, 2024, the Universal Service Administrative Company submitted their annual demand estimate to the Federal Communications Commission. Based on “applications received on or before March 27, 2024,” USAC...

FY2024 Application Window Request Totals

The Funding Year 2024 Form 471 application filing window closed as scheduled at 11:59pm Eastern time on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. In total, 35,268 Forms 471 were certified in-window for...

The 14th Annual Applicant Survey Coming Soon

Every year, following the close of the filing window, Funds For Learning, launches their annual applicant survey. The annual survey is designed to gather feedback and insight from schools and...

Come See Us at CoSN2024!

We are excited to be gearing up for the Consortium for School Networking’s 2024 conference, which will be held in Miami, Florida April 8-10. A valuable resource for K-12 ed-tech...