{"id":33621,"date":"2021-09-23T23:25:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T23:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=33621"},"modified":"2021-09-25T23:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T23:29:09","slug":"bear-deadline-approaching-for-fy-2019-fy-2020-recurring-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=33621","title":{"rendered":"BEAR Deadline Approaching for FY 2019 & FY 2020 Recurring Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 23, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Attached:\u00a0Form 472 BEAR Filing Guide 2021 (1)<\/a><\/p>\n

Attached:\u00a0FY 2019 No Disbursements as of 9-23-2021<\/a><\/p>\n

Attached:\u00a0FY 2020 No Disbursements as of 9-23-2021<\/a><\/p>\n

~ File in One Portal, Before Entering EPC (new) ~
\n~ Impacted FRNs Attached ~
\n~ BEAR Filing Guide Attached ~<\/p>\n

The last day to receive FY 2020 recurring services was June 30, 2021 and therefore the deadline is October 28, 2021 to submit the Form 472 — BEAR — to USAC for services in which you paid vendor bills in full from July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021.\u00a0 In addition, the invoicing deadline for FY 2019 (services delivered 7\/1\/2019 \u2013 6\/30\/2020) also is October 28, 2021 because the FCC extended the deadline for a year due to COVID.<\/p>\n

How do you know if you need to submit a BEAR?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0The easy answer is that if you received discounted bills from your vendor, you do\u00a0not\u00a0need to submit a BEAR (your E-rate discounts were applied to your bill).\u00a0 If you did\u00a0not<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0receive discounted bills, then you likely will have to file a Form 472 BEAR to collect your reimbursement.\u00a0 Attached are lists showing the FY 2019 and FY 2020 FRNs where no disbursements have been made by USAC (meaning that 100% of the commitment amount remains). \u00a0If your entity\u2019s name is on this list, please continue to read this message.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>:\u00a0 If you applied for additional E-rate internet access funding in the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0FY 2020 COVID window (last October), depending on when the increased internet began, USAC may have created an additional FRN and reduced\/adjusted the dates of the original FRN to handle this request.\u00a0 Be sure to check the attached spreadsheet and file using the correct FRN numbers, amounts and number of months on your BEAR.\u00a0 I highlighted C1 service start dates that were later than July 1 as a heads-up.<\/p>\n

NEW BEAR LOG-IN INFORMATION, ETC. – Please Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n