The latest Schools and Libraries Program (E-Rate) News Brief announced Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) funding year 2015 Wave 26 Funding Commitment Decision Letters (FCDLs) will be released on November 20, 2015. Wave 26 includes commitments for approved requests for all service types and at all discount levels. As of November 13, 2015, total aggregate commitments for funding year 2015 for waves 1 -25 were $2.51 billion for all 50 States, District of Columbia and U.S. Territories. E-rate funding is in the form of discounts on procurements of E-rate eligible items and services.
When wave 26 FCDLs are mailed on November 20, 2015, you can check to see if your school district has a commitment by using USAC's Automated Search of Commitments tool at http://www.usac.org/sl/tools/commitments-search/Default.aspx
The table below provides an analysis of cumulative E-rate funding to Texas school district for waves 1-25 for funding year 2015. The analysis indicates that the predominate E-rate funding service type for funding year 2015 has been for internal connections including: routers, switches, hubs, wiring and other eligible products. E-rate funding for this category has been $113,108,197 or 51% of cumulative total funding of $223,745,254 for funding waves 1-25 for funding year 2015.
Cumulative E-rate Funding for Texas School Districts per Service Type for Waves 1-25 for Funding Year 2015, as of November 13, 2015
|
Service Type
|
Count for Discount % for Service Type
|
Discount % for Service Type
|
Dollar Amount for Discount % Per Service Type
|
|
Internal Connections
|
4
|
40%
|
$273,127
|
|
Internal Connections
|
25
|
50%
|
$6,098,779
|
|
Internal Connections
|
72
|
60%
|
$3,631,055
|
|
Internal Connections
|
114
|
70%
|
$3,663,534
|
|
Internal Connections
|
1048
|
80%
|
$54,554,486
|
|
Internal Connections
|
487
|
85%
|
$44,887,216
|
|
Total Internal Connections
|
|
|
$113,108,197
|
|
Internal Connections MIBS
|
1
|
20%
|
$5,198
|
|
Internal Connections MIBS
|
3
|
70%
|
$6,020
|
|
Internal Connections MIBS
|
5
|
80%
|
$81,877
|
|
Internal Connections MIBS
|
1
|
85%
|
$30,345
|
|
Total Internal Connections MIBS
|
|
|
$123,440
|
|
Internal Connections Mnt
|
1
|
50%
|
$276
|
|
Internal Connections Mnt
|
4
|
60%
|
$32,989
|
|
Internal Connections Mnt
|
10
|
70%
|
$26,963
|
|
Internal Connections Mnt
|
31
|
80%
|
$275,132
|
|
Internal Connections Mnt
|
45
|
85%
|
$876,192
|
|
Total Internal Connections Mnt
|
|
|
$1,211,553
|
|
Internet Access
|
23
|
40%
|
$394,643
|
|
Internet Access
|
63
|
50%
|
$1,697,415
|
|
Internet Access
|
139
|
60%
|
$2,780,579
|
|
Internet Access
|
171
|
70%
|
$3,367,807
|
|
Internet Access
|
701
|
80%
|
$20,269,408
|
|
Internet Access
|
347
|
90%
|
$15,019,028
|
|
Total Internet Access
|
|
|
$43,528,880
|
|
Telcomm
|
16
|
40%
|
$319,685
|
|
Telcomm
|
29
|
50%
|
$746,564
|
|
Telcomm
|
49
|
60%
|
$1,270,994
|
|
Telcomm
|
53
|
70%
|
$651,003
|
|
Telcomm
|
218
|
80%
|
$11,323,996
|
|
Telcomm
|
233
|
90%
|
$18,772,849
|
|
Total Telcomm
|
|
|
$33,085,091
|
|
Voice Services
|
1
|
5%
|
$103
|
|
Voice Services
|
50
|
20%
|
$372,057
|
|
Voice Services
|
124
|
30%
|
$955,283
|
|
Voice Services
|
290
|
40%
|
$1,721,858
|
|
Voice Services
|
375
|
50%
|
$1,731,256
|
|
Voice Services
|
1246
|
60%
|
$13,741,424
|
|
Voice Services
|
581
|
70%
|
$14,166,113
|
|
Total Voice Services
|
|
|
$32,688,093
|
|
Grant Total
|
|
|
$223,745,254
|
Source: Schools and Libraries E-rate - Search of Commitments Tool
MIBS - Managed Internal Broadband Services
Mnt - Basic Maintenance
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