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Just a reminder – the deadline for submitting Form 471 for Funding Year 2020 (Fiscal Year 2020/2021) is this Wednesday, April 29th.

 

This is the form where you have chosen your service providers and know the cost of your service.

 

What do I need?

 

  1. Service provider name
  2. SPIN of the service provider
  3. Cost of your service

 

What about the school district lunch numbers?

 

The great thing about the portal is that the system automatically pulls the free and reduced lunch statistics from the school district that you have indicated in your portal and calculates your discount percentage to input into your form.

 

How hard is this form?

 

While it’s not insurmountable, it is the most difficult form.  This is because of the data that you input.  You can do it, though!  Please remember that if you uploaded your bid documentation because you are going into a contract for any service you’re requesting that you will have to now upload your contract as part of your Form 471 submission.  Be sure to keep all your bid documentation, just in case you’re asked about your process by the Program Integrity Assurance (PIA) folks.

 

Will they allow an extension of the deadline?

 

According to the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD), the FCC (who is the parent organization over E-rate), there is no indication of any additional extensions.

 

EPC Portal           https://portal.usac.org/suite/

 

Jennifer

 

Jennifer Cowan-Henderson
Director of Planning and Development
State E-rate Coordinator for Public Libraries

Tennessee State Library and Archives
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