If You Missed the Form 471 Deadline…
March 27, 2025
Attached: FCC-Waiver-Request-Filing-Instructions-FY-2025-1.pdf
Attached: Form-471-Deadline-Waiver-Letter-FY-2025-2.docx
If you were not able to file your FY 2025 Form 471 application by the March 26, 2025 deadline, you may submit a Form 471 on or before Wednesday, April 9, 2025, then submit a Request for Deadline Waiver to the FCC, seeking to have your application be considered as timely filed. Please know that if the FCC grants your Waiver Request, your Form 471 application will THEN go into PIA review.
Please follow these exact steps, in this exact order:
- Submit the Form 471 in EPC on or before Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The status will be ‘Filed Outside of Window.’
- Download the attached “Form 471 Deadline Waiver Letter” and complete the highlighted areas with your specific information. Please include a nice statement to the FCC about what this funding means to your school or library.
- Print on school or library letterhead. Sign. Save as .PDF document on your computer.
- Go to: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings and follow the instructions on the attached “FCC Waiver Request Filing Instructions” document. Be sure to hit ‘Submit’ on the second page of the online form.
Note: The FCC Waiver Letter does NOT need to be submitted by April 9, 2025, but be sure to submit it as soon as you can after the Form 471 is filed. The FCC releases bulk appeal/waiver decisions on the last day of each month and if and when your waiver is approved, you will receive an e-mail from the FCC. Also, there is no requirement that they decide Form 471 deadline waiver requests within a certain amount of time, although most decisions are issued within three months of the waiver filing date.
— Julie
Julie Tritt Schell
Pennsylvania E-rate Coordinator
717-730-7133 – o
jtschell@comcast.net
www.e-ratepa.org