The long-awaited announcement about Category 2 E-Rate is finally here!!!!
The Federal Communications Commission has in fact made extensive improvements to Category 2 budgets, but has chosen not to implement them until FY2021 in an effort to not delay the opening of the FY2020 filing window or FY2020 funding commitments.
The information available now is attached and I expect there will be further clarification as USAC implements the Order. Here are some highlights....
FY2020FY2020 will in effect be treated as a sixth year of the initial five-year budget term (FY2015 - FY2019 becomes FY2015 - FY2020).
A prorated portion of Category 2 funding will be available to all applicants in FY2020, regardless of whether or not they spent all of their initial five-year budget. Unused C2 budgets from the FY2015 - FY2019
five-year cycle will be available for FY2020, plus a 20% increase in the C2 budget multipliers
as a one year additive.
The projected amount (based on an unofficial estimated 2.1% inflation adjustment) for each school for FY2020 is: