Author: Lorrie Germann

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 [...]

Hello E-Rate Community, The FCC has just announced that 707 participants have been selected for the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program, including 25 Ohio applicants! Nationwide, 645 schools and districts, 50 libraries, and 12 consortia were selected. I will share [...]

Good afternoon, E-Rate Community, and Happy New Year! Here are the upcoming FY2025 E-Rate filing dates/deadlines: January 9th, 2025 – Close of FY2025 Admin Window – at 11:59 p.m. ET. This is the period before the Form 471 window opens when schools [...]

Hello E-Rate Community, USAC has just announced that the FY 2025 Form 471 Application Window will open on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at noon E.T. and will close on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. E.T. In addition, the EPC [...]

Good morning E-Rate Community, I apologize up front for the lengthy list of items in this update, but this is proving to be a very busy E-Rate filing season, with lots of information to share! So, here we go: Supreme Court Takes [...]