The first wave of the 2015-16 Broadband Infrastructure Improvement Grants (BIIG) is being awarded to 166 sites. 47 additional sites with projects that exceed $1,000 per testing student are currently being reviewed by the Legislature.
News
- Friday, March 4, 2016
- Thursday, March 3, 2016The E-rate application window opened at noon on February 3, 2016, and will close at 11:59 p.m. EDT, or 8:59 p.m. PDT, on April 29, 2016. The last possible date to submit a Federal Communication Center Form 470 to start the E-rate bidding process...
- Thursday, February 4, 2016Recently, the EducationSuperHighway (ESH) released a new tool called Compare & Connect K-12 that provides E-rate data transparency with the intent of helping school districts get more bandwidth for their network budgets.
- Tuesday, January 26, 2016The window for filing E-rate applications for Funding Year (FY) 2016 will open Wednesday, February 3 at noon and close Friday, April 29 at 11:59:59 EDT. This will provide a window of 87 days, which is about 2 weeks longer than the usual window.
- Friday, January 15, 2016This E-rate Newsflash includes information about the E-rate window for 2016-17, USAC's E-rate Productivity Center, upcoming E-rate and CTF trainings, and more...
- Tuesday, December 1, 2015The Universal Services Administrative Company (USAC) and the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) have developed the online E-rate Productivity Center’s (EPC) portal to facilitate the E-rate application process beginning with the 2016–17 cycle.
- Tuesday, November 24, 2015This E-rate Newsflash includes information about USAC's E-rate Productivity Center, BIIG 1.0 and a link to Schools and Libraries Division Weekly News Briefs on E-rate...
- Tuesday, October 6, 2015The K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) is pleased to announce the Fall 2015 E-rate training dates available to all local educational agencies (LEAs), libraries and service providers in California. The training will be a full day-seminar...
- Friday, September 25, 2015Here's more information about the Broadband Infrastructure Improvement Grant (BIIG 2.0) and a special webinar focused on Invoicing for E-rate Services — the Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement process...
- Tuesday, August 25, 2015
The 2015-16 Broadband Infrastructure Improvement Grant (BIIG 2.0) is now open! As stated in the 2015-16 budget bill language (AB 93), first priority will go to local educational agencies that are unable to administer computer-based assessments on-site. Second priority will go to the local educational agencies that have to shut down essential operations to administer computer-based assessments at the school site, including, but not limited to, business services, email, and access to other critical online activities.
