There are many reasons why your Form 471 may change after certification,
such as the processing of Receipt Acknowledgment Letter (RAL)
modifications, changes made during PIA reviews or Form 486 reviews, as well
as appeals, SPIN changes, service substitutions, and other post-commitment
actions.

EPC now offers the ability to download a PDF copy of your Form 471 after
such changes. The original form as it was upon certification will always
remain available and unchanged.

Complete instructions are attached.

A couple of notes:

   - The option to download a current version of a form will only be
   available once that form is included in a funding commitment wave.
   - This is only available for FY2019 and later.
   - You can generate as many different current versions as you like.
   - Additional changes to your form do not update the existing current PDF
   automatically. You will have to update the PDF after each change.
   - Previous current versions are not stored in EPC. The only way to
   preserve individual changes is to download and save the various iterations
   of the PDF.
   - It is also perfectly fine to wait to update your PDF until multiple
   changes process. This procedure is designed to give you a record in PDF
   format of all changes to your form to date. Whether or not you choose to
   ever save a PDF copy of your form, your changes would still be implemented
   in EPC. You do not need to worry about capturing a separate PDF for each
   change unless you want to track the differences.
   - The current version link will time out after two months. To get
   another PDF, you will simply need to generate a new current version.


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Anne Perloff
Maine State E-Rate Coordinator for Schools
Networkmaine, University of Maine System US:IT

Web: erate.networkmaine.net

Email: [log in to unmask]

Phone: 207-581-3584

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