**** Note that the below information only applies to entities that filed
their own E-Rate Form 471. If you only participate in E-Rate as a member of
the Networkmaine Consortium and do not file for any additional E-Rate
funding, then you do not need to complete these steps. ****


*Some Upcoming October E-Rate deadlines:*


*1. Last Year Wrap-Up (FY2014-2015)*

File any outstanding BEARs to request reimbursement for bills paid for
2014-2015 products and services.
*(deadline October 28, 2015)*

Remember to leave yourself enough wiggle room that service providers have
sufficient time to certify your BEAR form before the deadline.

Under the E-Rate Modernization Order, applicants may request, and USAC will
automatically grant, a one-time 120-day extension of the invoicing deadline
which would move that deadline to February 25, 2016. You must ask for the
extension prior to the deadline.


*2. Current Year (FY2015-2016)*

If you have received a Funding Commitment Decision Letter (FCDL):

     - File a Form 486 to indicate the start of 2015-2016 services. The
deadline for this is 120 days after the start of services or the date of
the FDCL, whichever is later.

*       (deadline October 29, 2015 if your FCDL is dated July 1 or
earlier)       (deadline 120 days after the date of the FCDL if dated after
July 1)*

     - After the Form 486 is filed, you can file BEARs to request
reimbursement against bills paid for 2015-2016 products and services.
*       (deadline October 28, 2016)*

If you have not received a FCDL, address any PIA questions as they arrive
and wait for a funding decision.

_____________________________________________

*Anne Perloff*
Maine State E-Rate Coordinator for Schools
Networkmaine ... a unit of the University of Maine System

Web: www.networkmaine.net/erate/

Email: [log in to unmask]

Phone: 207-561-3584

Fax: 207-561-3531

Mail:
Networkmaine
5752 Neville Hall Rm 244
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469