In its April RHC newsletter, USAC reminded Telecom program participants that the Commission established a deadline of July 1, 2024, to submit invoices for FY2019 and earlier.
The Rural Health Care Program Funding Year (FY) 2024 filing window opened on December 1, 2023 and was extended until May 1, 2025.
In the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program, the Commission aligned the invoice filing deadline for the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) and the Telecommunications (Telecom) Programs to October 28, 2023 in FCC Order 19-78.
The E-rate application filing window for Funding
Year 2024 FCC Form 471 opened on
January 17, 2024, at noon ET and
will close on March 27, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
On November 13, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to create a Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program.
On November 8, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to allow schools and libraries to apply for funding from the E-rate program for Wi-Fi hotspots and wireless Internet access services that can be used off-premises.
The Wireline Competition Bureau released an order on November 9, 2023, extending the deadline for comments on the addition of services and equipment needed to use Wi-Fi service on school buses to the funding year (FY) 2024 eligible services list.
