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December 17, 2021

FCC Seeks Comments on Proposed E-rate Bidding Rules

On December 16, 2021, the FCC released the full text of a rulemaking proceeding considering changes to the E-rate program competitive bidding regulations. The stated goals of the proceeding is...

December 17, 2021

FCC Releases FY2022 Eligible Services List

On December 17, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission released the final Eligible Services List (ESL) for Funding Year 2022. While the Commission added a clarification regarding software licenses for Category...

December 17, 2021

Free Tool Helps Schools Compare Internet Costs

K-12 schools can now access a free pricing comparison tool for their internet access. Connect K-12 has published its 2021 broadband data tool. This is an online resource that provides...

December 17, 2021

Notice of Inquiry on Future of the Universal Service Fund

On December 15, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on issues related to the future of the Universal Service Fund (USF or Fund)...

by Sheauna Brown

December 17, 2021

OKC Metro. Library Celebrates Over $5M in E-rate Funding Disbursements

Funds for Learning E-rate Guides took a trip to Oklahoma City Metropolitan Library System to celebrate some of the milestones reached with the help of the E-rate program. In 1999,...

December 14, 2021

FCC to Consider Changes to E-rate Bidding Requirements

On December 14, 2021, the FCC initiated a review process to consider ways in which the competitive bidding requirements for the E-rate program could be enhanced. “It is our nation’s largest education technology...

December 13, 2021

USAC System Outage

On December 13, 2021, USAC announced that it had pulled some USF program systems offline while completing a security review in response to the Log4j vulnerability. As of this posting,...

December 13, 2021

Proposed First Qtr 2022 Contribution Factor

On December 13, 2021, the FCC announced that the proposed contribution factor for the first quarter of 2022 will be 25.2 percent. The contribution factor requires telecommunications companies to pay...