{"id":32119,"date":"2019-12-21T21:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T21:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=32119"},"modified":"2019-12-22T21:48:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T21:48:26","slug":"fy-2020-form-471-filing-window-dates-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32119","title":{"rendered":"FY 2020 Form 471 Filing Window Dates Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 21, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Attached:\u00a0Timeline 2018-2020<\/a><\/p>\n

Attached:\u00a0Annual Application Process Chart 2020<\/a><\/p>\n

Form 471 Window:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>January 15 \u2013 March 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have the dates!\u00a0 USAC has just announced the FY 2020 window dates and thus, your E-rate timetable can be set.\u00a0 Attached are two graphics to help you keep track of the dates the funding year (one shows Funding Years 2018 \u2013 2020 and the other shows an overview of just Funding Year 2020), and here\u2019s what you should be doing and by when:<\/p>\n

Administrative Window\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0USAC has not announced the exact deadline for the Admin Window, but it typically is 2 days before the Form 471 window opens, thus making the deadline\u00a0most likely<\/em>\u00a0January 13. Therefore, from now until January 13, public and nonpublic schools should go into their EPC profiles to update their enrollment\/NSLP data and obtain E-rate entity numbers for any new schools or non-instructional facilities. \u00a0Likewise, if libraries have any changes to their square footage or library buildings, they should make those changes by January 13 as well.\u00a0 After this date, the EPC profile data will be locked down and cannot be edited.\u00a0 The Guide to Updating EPC Profiles and draft enrollment\/NSLP data is available at:\u00a0https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32075<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Form 470s\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0If you haven\u2019t yet posted your Form 470 for services that must be competitively bid for FY 2020, you still have some time to do so, although not much.\u00a0\u00a0Although the Form 471 deadline is\u00a0March 25, and therefore the last possible date to file the Form 470 is February 26, applicants \u2013 especially public schools — should have your 470\u2019s released as soon as you return from the holiday break so you can take the contracts to your February board meeting(s) for approval.<\/p>\n

Form 471s\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> Although the Form 471 deadline is March 25, I encourage everyone to file as early as possible in the Form 471 window.\u00a0 For contracts that have already been signed, MTM services where vendors have been selected, or multi-year contracts signed in previous years, filing when the window opens is a great idea to be at the top of the list when they review applications.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions about the window filing dates, please let me know.<\/p>\n

And finally, to my big E-rate family, I hope your holidays are warm, safe and absolutely wonderful!<\/p>\n

— Julie<\/p>\n

Julie Tritt Schell
\nPennsylvania E-rate Coordinator
\n717-730-7133 – o
\njtschell@comcast.net<\/a>
\nwww.e-ratepa.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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