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Form 471 Window Dates Set for FY 2009

Message Posted November 25, 2008

The SLD has announced that the Funding Year 2009 E-rate Form 471 filing window will open at noon on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 and will close at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2009.   This is a much shorter window (only 73 days) than in previous years (last year was 93 days).

Remember that you should not wait until the Form 471 window opens to file your Form 470 (which begins the competitive bidding process/requirement).  Please post your Form 470 as soon as possible and don’t wait until the last possible minute.   The last possible day (technically) to post a Form 470 is January 15, 2009.   Don't wait this long!  If you do, you will only have a few hours after your 28 day waiting period has ended to select your service providers, negotiate service arrangements, have all contracts signed, and file your Form 471 by the close of the filing window on the very same day.  I strongly encourage everyone to post their 470's by Thanksgiving.  (We have 635 posted so far this year.  Last year we had a total of more than 1800 posted by the deadline, which tells me that only 1/3 of our applicants have posted their 470's.)

Both the Form 470 and 471 can and should be filed online at http://www.sl.universalservice.org/menu.asp.  For helpful hints on completing the Form 470, go to: http://www.e-ratepa.org/Listserve-Archive/2008/09-22-08.htm.  The SLD's official Form 470 guidance can be found at:  http://www.universalservice.org/sl/applicants/step03.

Having trouble keeping track of the various E-rate deadlines for each funding year?  I've attached a chart that should help.

Julie Tritt Schell

717-730-7133 - o
717-730-9060 - f
jtschell@comcast.net
www.e-ratepa.org
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