The following information was originally sent out on April 20, 2016 and copied here. 

Welcome!

I would like to take a minute to welcome everyone to the new E-Rate communication source. My goal is to make this a clean and simple way to update everyone on changes and news around e-rate that affects us in Idaho. This blog will be a source to review information that may have been missed or misplaced. Please feel free to let me know if there are suggested changes in this format. Feel free to share to anyone who may be interested.

USAC Extends Form 471 Window Deadline

USAC’s Special Edition News Brief of April 15, 2016, announced extensions of the FY 2016 Form 471 application window.  For most applicants, the new filing deadline has been postponed by four weeks.  It is now scheduled to close at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 26th.  Libraries and consortia, whose applications depend on the completion of related school district entity data, and who, as a result, may not currently be able to even begin their Form 471s, are being given an additional eight weeks.  The deadline for filing library and consortium applications is Thursday, July 21st.  The Form 471 deadline extensions also extend the last possible dates for filing Form 470s for FY 2016 until April 28th for most applicants, and until June 23rd for libraries and consortia.

Wave 46 for FY 2015 will be released on Thursday, April 21st.  Funding for FY 2015 is available for both Category 1 and Category 2 services at all discount levels.  Cumulative funding for FY 2015 is $3.21 billion.