Author: Lorrie Germann

Great news, E-Rate Community! The FCC has just announced the budget multipliers and minimum building amounts for the upcoming FY 2026 – FY 2030 Category 2 Budget Cycle. These new multipliers will not impact your FY 2025 applications. [...]

Good afternoon E-Rate Community, Congratulations to the Ohio schools and libraries who have received a FY2025 Funding Commitment Decision Letter (FCDL). To date, USAC has released six funding waves, with Ohio applicants receiving funding approvals totaling $46,543,818.06, including both Category 1 [...]

Hello E-Rate Community, The first funding wave of Funding Year 2025 has been released! Congratulations to the 993 Ohio schools and libraries (1604 separate funding requests), committing $39,480,468.25. This wave includes commitments for both Category 1 and Category 2 requests. [...]

Good morning E-Rate Community, If you were unable to file your Form 471 application by the March 26th, 2025, deadline, please know you still have options. In previous years, the FCC has been very lenient if the application is filed within [...]

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 26th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund (USF). The USF supports four programs, one of which is E-Rate. The arguments will begin at 10:00 a.m. EDT and [...]

Good morning E-Rate Community, The FY2025 Form 471 filing deadline is tomorrow, March 26th, 11:59 PM ET. If for some reason you cannot make the March 26 deadline, please contact me as soon as possible so we can discuss your options. [...]

Good morning E-Rate Community, This is another reminder of the upcoming FY2025 E-Rate Form 471 deadline: March 26th - FY2025 Form 471 Application deadline. The window closes at 11:59 p.m. ET. Here are a few tips that may help with the filing process: [...]

Good evening, E-Rate Community. The Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) has released the October 2024 MR-81 document for traditional NSLP. To retrieve a copy, visit my Resource Library webpage at https://www.ohio-k12.help/e-rate-support/resource-library/. If you participate in CEP, there is also a [...]

Good morning E-Rate Community, I’m sure you’ve likely heard, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo directing all federal agencies to pause making obligations or disbursements of all federal financial assistance as of 5:00 p.m. yesterday (1/28/2025). [...]

Good afternoon, E-Rate Community, and Happy Friday! This is a reminder of the upcoming FY2025 E-Rate filing dates/deadlines: January 15th, 2025 - FY2025 Form 471 Application Window opened at 12:00 noon ET. February 26th, 2025 - FY2025 Form 470 Application deadline at [...]