{"id":34674,"date":"2023-02-16T22:40:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T22:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=34674"},"modified":"2023-02-19T22:43:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T22:43:17","slug":"fy-2021-bear-deadlines-fast-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=34674","title":{"rendered":"FY 2021 BEAR Deadlines Fast Approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">February 16, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Attached:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FY-2021-BEARs-Due-as-of-February-2023.xlsx\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">FY 2021 BEARs Due as of February 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a friendly reminder for 85 PA schools and libraries that their FY 2021 BEAR deadline is fast approaching.\u00a0 Most of the FRNs on the list have February 27, 2023 invoice deadlines because they received an extension of their October 28, 2022 invoice deadline.\u00a0 There are a few FRNs with invoice deadlines of March and April 2023 on the list as well.<\/p>\n<p>First, check the list at the bottom of this message to determine if your entity is impacted.\u00a0 If your organization is listed, then open the attached spreadsheet to see the associated FRN and invoice deadline.\u00a0 Note:\u00a0 The attached file contains all recuring service FRNs for which\u00a0no funding has been disbursed\u00a0for 2021 and which have immediate invoice deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>The BEAR Filing Guide is available at:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fe-ratepa.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F03%2FForm-472-BEAR-Filing-Guide-2021-updated-Aug-2022.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpl-erate%40lists.psu.edu%7C685eee8f596f4ce104d008db104d62b3%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C638121697534150764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GoplsD5YtkVz8zNLR73hiFao2SHMs6Aj7MRIpL%2BYIdw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" 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href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.universalservice.org%2Fportal%2Flogin&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpl-erate%40lists.psu.edu%7C685eee8f596f4ce104d008db104d62b3%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C638121697534150764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=I7EbUhL3Y%2F3IWeTX15ZMxrl9IpFW%2BELI9HuEdKRmG%2Fw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fforms.universalservice.org%252Fportal%252Flogin%26data%3D05%257C01%257Cpl-erate%2540lists.psu.edu%257C685eee8f596f4ce104d008db104d62b3%257C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%257C0%257C0%257C638121697534150764%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C3000%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DI7EbUhL3Y%252F3IWeTX15ZMxrl9IpFW%252BELI9HuEdKRmG%252Fw%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676931982565000&amp;usg=AOvVaw30RBZ01xEC1zUPxG8OR85o\">https:\/\/forms.universalservice.org\/portal\/login<\/a>\u00a0and proceed through the multi-factor authentication steps.\u00a0 When you reach the One Portal Dashboard, you should see three links in this order:\u00a0 EPC, BEAR, ECF.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t see the BEAR link, it means you are not set up with BEAR access credentials.\u00a0 Simply complete the BEAR Access Template at:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usac.org%2Fe-rate%2Fresources%2Fforms%2Fbear-form-access%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpl-erate%40lists.psu.edu%7C685eee8f596f4ce104d008db104d62b3%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C638121697534306970%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pmXk9%2F%2BPnNGk8cj3W61lEL4zsJRuAIjtEnmZebip77Y%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.usac.org%252Fe-rate%252Fresources%252Fforms%252Fbear-form-access%252F%26data%3D05%257C01%257Cpl-erate%2540lists.psu.edu%257C685eee8f596f4ce104d008db104d62b3%257C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%257C0%257C0%257C638121697534306970%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C3000%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DpmXk9%252F%252BPnNGk8cj3W61lEL4zsJRuAIjtEnmZebip77Y%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676931982565000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2tDdumG5D9EwdA9pZUgxk2\">https:\/\/www.usac.org\/e-rate\/resources\/forms\/bear-form-access\/<\/a>\u00a0and then upload it into EPC by creating a Customer Service Case.\u00a0 USAC will then provide you with BEAR access in a few days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34676\" src=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BEARform-feb.png\" alt=\"BEARform-feb\" width=\"506\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Form 498 ID:<\/strong>\u00a0 When completing the BEAR, be sure a Form 498 ID is showing.\u00a0 If the Form 498 ID is blank, it means that USAC does not have your school or library\u2019s banking information in their systems which means that your BEAR cannot be processed because reimbursements can be directly deposited into your account.\u00a0 The Form 498 is only submitted one time and the only time it must be modified is if your school or library changes banks, band account numbers, and\/or BEAR remittance contacts within your institution (the remittance contact receives the BEAR approval e-mails).\u00a0 To\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fe-ratepa.org%2F%3Fp%3D31938&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpl-erate%40lists.psu.edu%7C685eee8f596f4ce104d008db104d62b3%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C638121697534306970%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1q7ciE5pC2Qj5sjdOhEuXv2yuCCmwEzvoQTQLBQvvCk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fe-ratepa.org%252F%253Fp%253D31938%26data%3D05%257C01%257Cpl-erate%2540lists.psu.edu%257C685eee8f596f4ce104d008db104d62b3%257C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%257C0%257C0%257C638121697534306970%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C3000%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3D1q7ciE5pC2Qj5sjdOhEuXv2yuCCmwEzvoQTQLBQvvCk%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676931982565000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KeBwHlj9Jd12sJct7L0T3\">modify your Form 498<\/a>, log into EPC &gt; Records &gt; Form 498s &gt; Click on the 498 &gt; Modify Form 498 (upper right corner of form).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any questions about the FY 2021 Invoice Deadlines or completing the BEAR, please contact me at\u00a0jtschell@comcast.net.<\/p>\n<table width=\"452\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\"><strong>Billed Entity Name with FY 2021 BEAR Deadline Approaching<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ACHIEVEMENT HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ALL STS CATHOLIC SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ARCHDIOCESE PHILADELPHIA SCHS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">Aspira, Inc of Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ASSUMPTION BVM SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">BALD EAGLE AREA SCHOOL DIST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">BEDFORD COUNTY LIBRARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">BENTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">Berks County Intermediate Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">BERKS COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT #14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">BETHLEHEM CENTER SCHOOL DIST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">BISHOP GUILFOYLE HIGH SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">BLESSED VIRGIN MARY SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">BUCKS COUNTY FREE LIBRARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">CAMBRIA COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">CARLISLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">CEDAR GROVE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">CENTER FOR STUDENT LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL AT PENNSBURY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">CURWENSVILLE AREA SCHOOL DIST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">Divine Mercy Catholic Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">FIRST PHILADELPHIA PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">FRANKLIN TOWNE CHARTER ELEMENTARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">FRANKLIN TOWNE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">FREDERICKTOWN AREA PUB LIBRARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">Friends Select School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">HAMLIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">HOLY NAME SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">HOLY REDEEMER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">Holy Trinity Catholic School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">HOPE FOR HYNDMAN CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">Intermediate Unit 15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">IU 13 Consortia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">KISKI AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">LA SALLE ACADEMY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">LAKELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">LAWRENCE CO AREA VOC-TECH SCH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">LINCOLN-EDISON CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">LINDLEY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT BIRNEY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">MEMPHIS STREET ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">MERION MERCY ACADEMY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">MIDD-WEST SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">MORAVIAN ACADEMY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">MORRISVILLE FREE LIBRARY ASSOC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">NEW DAY CHARTER SCHOOL FORMERLY TBLCS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">NEW HOPE SOLEBURY LIBRARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">NORTH STAR SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">Our Lady of Angels Regional Catholic School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">OXFORD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">PACE SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">PHILADELPHIA MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">Philadelphia Montgomery Christian Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">PUNXSUTAWNEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">QUAKER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">READING PUBLIC LIBRARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">SACRED HEART SCHOOL HAVERTOWN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">SCHOOL LANE CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">SHARPSVILLE AREA SCHOOL DIST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">SOUTH MIDDLETON SCHOOL DIST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">SOUTHAMPTON FREE LIBRARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">SPECTRUM CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ST CATHARINE OF SIENA SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ST FRANCIS DE SALES SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ST MARY&#8217;S INTERPAROCHIAL SCH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ST MICHAEL SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ST PETER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ST PIUS X SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC ACADEMY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DIST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">STRATFORD FRIENDS SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">TACONY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">THE KINGS ACADEMY, INC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">The New School of Lancaster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">TOWNSHIP LIB-LOWER SOUTHAMPTON<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">TROY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">VILLA MARIA ACADEMY LOWER SCH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">Vision Academy Charter School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">WARMINSTER TWP FREE LIBRARY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">WEST MIFFLIN AREA SCHOOL DIST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">WEST OAK LANE CHARTER SCHOOL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"452\">WINDBER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#8212; Julie<\/p>\n<p>Julie Tritt Schell<br \/>\nPennsylvania E-rate Coordinator<br \/>\n717-730-7133 &#8211; o<br \/>\njtschell@comcast.net<br \/>\nwww.e-ratepa.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=eratepenn\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 16, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listserve_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}