If you intend to file for E-Rate for FY2019, the time has arrived to start your preparations in earnest.

The FY2019 Administrative Window opened today (October 1) and will remain open until early January 2019.

This is your only opportunity to update the NSLP and enrollment numbers in EPC. This data will be used to calculate your E-Rate discount on FY2019 filings.

Although it probably seems like you have all the time in the world to make these updates, I would recommend getting them in as soon as you have your updated figures lest you forget as time passes. Once the window closes, the EPC system will lock your profile and will not allow any changes. Outdated data may affect the processing of your FY2019 Form 471 during PIA Review.

During the Administrative Window, independent schools and school districts must update their EPC profiles for the following:
  • the data used to calculate E-Rate discounts (total students and total eligible for NSLP) - for best results use the lunch data from October 2018 reported to the Department of Education and/or the data reported to Networkmaine on an Alternative Discount Mechanism form)
  • organization relationships such as the list of schools belonging to a district 
Contact me directly for assistance if you are aware of any structural changes to your organization (e.g. split or merged school districts, new schools, or schools that will be closed effective July 1, 2019).

Complete instructions for logging into EPC and updating the NSLP data in your profile are attached.
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Anne Perloff
Maine State E-Rate Coordinator for Schools
Networkmaine, University of Maine System US:IT


 
Phone: 207-581-3584

Mail:
Networkmaine
5752 Neville Hall, Rm 255
Orono, ME 04469-5752