Hugely successful project leveraging $11M in state funding to bring in over $100M in Federal Erate funds to Arizona Schools
Students Served:
Total number of students that will be impacted when projects are complete. |
Projects in Process or Awaiting Approval:
Complete, active or waiting to be funded projects. |
Erate Portion:
Amount of Federal dollars Arizona has requested from the program is in either funded or awaiting funding. |
State Portion:
The USAC "Special Construction" program allows the state to contribute up to 10% in matching funds. |
School Portion:
Schools that are below 80% (Erate NSLP) must make up the difference between the Federal and State money. |
Total Paid Out:
Total dollars that have been paid from the State Match Fund to an authorized vendor. The State Match funding is only released after the project is 100% complete and all projects must be verified before funds are disbursed. |

Arizona has expertly used the $8M from the Corporation Commission combined with $3M from the Governor's office to provide $130,000,000 in Broadband infrastructure projects for Arizona schools and libraries. No other project has ever had so much impact for so little state investment!