See it on the map
Find E-Rate in your community.
Every dollar on this map is drawn from USAC's public data and attributed to the county — and school district — it serves. Start at the national view, then zoom into your own backyard.
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County to classroom.
The map opens at the county level — every funded county in the country. Toggle to school districts and zoom in to see the district-by-district picture: 11,180 districts with their own attributed funding.
E-Rate supports $1.6 billion in consortium dollars. These shared networks—including educational service agency regional networks, library consortia, independent/religious school consortia, and statewide systems—are reflected at the state level. Consortium dollars are not split across the map, helping maintain the accuracy and honesty of the mapped funding details.
What's at stake
A proven program faces its biggest threat.
E-Rate is the fifth largest stream of federal funding in the nation's schools. It is the only federal education technology program and has, over nearly 30 years, consistently, effectively, and responsibly supported connectivity to more than 100,000 schools and 11,000 libraries across the country each year.
What you need to know
E-Rate helps schools and libraries across the country access the affordable broadband that supports the connectivity and network modern buildings need to carry on the important work of serving students and patrons.
$13.2B committed · 24,969 schools, districts, consortia & libraries1Read the AASA blog →E-Rate is a proven program that has single-handedly transformed internet access in classrooms. The program has a long track record of success and enjoys strong bi-partisan support on Capitol Hill. The FCC's review is expansive and asks more than 100 questions about the program, its future, and its structure.
Read a summary of the FCC's NPRM (PDF) →How you can engage
Here's everything you need to know about WHY your voice matters, HOW to craft your response, and WHERE to file it with the FCC.
Comments are due October 13, 2026Read our Call to Action (PDF) →We are fielding a lot of questions as members work through the proposal and begin writing their comments. We have some answers!
Read our FAQ for more information (PDF) →What E-Rate connects
Districts, consortia, and libraries — the whole public-connectivity fabric.
The bar graph below illustrates the allocation of committed federal funding from E-Rate for funding years 2021–25 by applicant type. School districts anchor the program; consortia—including educational service agency regional networks, library and diocesan consortia, and statewide systems—are the second largest channel, pooling purchasing power for members that couldn't go it alone.1
Committed to schools & libraries each funding year
Federal committed share of funded requests, counted once per funding request. Of the $13.2B committed, $10.6B has already been paid out — schools invoice USAC for up to ~16 months after each funding year, so FY2024–25 payments are still arriving. Sources: USAC Open Data (qdmp-ygft commitments; jpiu-tj8h payments).
Your voice is needed
Take action to protect E-Rate.
Your voice matters. The priority ask is for members to file comments with the FCC by October 13. It is important to weigh in with Congress, as well, but that is less time sensitive at this moment.
Share your E-Rate feedback with the FCC with your own numbers.
Use our letter builder to compose your response to the FCC's proposal. Personalize the letter with data specific to your district/library from the map, and include information on how you use E-Rate and how it supports myriad aspects of your district and library operations.
Write your letter to the FCC →Tell your lawmakers to protect E-Rate
AASA and AESA are proud to partner with SHLB and CoSN to power our Congressional call to action. Click the link below to tell your delegation to protect school connectivity.
Contact Congress now →Sources
The data behind this page.
Every figure comes from public federal data — USAC E-Rate Open Data (funding years 2021–2025), NCES school district boundaries, and Census county geography. Methodology guide coming with the full site. Want to check a specific applicant? Use the data inspector to look up any of the 24,969 applicants by name or BEN.
- National E-Rate committed funding. Federal share of funded requests, all U.S. applicants (50 states, DC, PR, USVI), FY2021–2025: $13.17B across 24,969 applicants. FRN Status qdmp-ygft ↗ — the same measure, filters, and five-year window used by SHLB's Save Our E-Rate tool, so the two corroborate. Of the $13.17B committed, $10.65B has been paid out to date (Invoices & Authorized Disbursements jpiu-tj8h ↗); FY2024–25 invoicing continues through late 2026.
- County attribution. Applicant locations from USAC entity data (7i5i-83qf ↗), attributed to Census county and county-equivalent geography (parishes, boroughs, municipios, islands); 99.98% of non-consortium dollars resolve to a county.
- School district boundaries. NCES EDGE composite school district boundary file, SY2023–24; 92% of school-district dollars attribute to a specific district (the remainder — mostly charter networks without geographic boundaries — stay at county grain). NCES EDGE ↗