# Limited or Sunset? What Alaska Adds to the E-Rate Record > Alaska has about 0.2 percent of the country's people and about 7.3 percent of its funded E-Rate commitments. Published 2026-09-29 by Alaska AI. 9 slides. Canonical: https://alaskaaihq.com/archive/2026-09-29/ ## The story Limited or sunset? Alaska holds 7.3 percent of E-Rate. $195.2 million third in the nation, behind California and Texas. Funded E-Rate commitments to Alaska schools and libraries are 7.3 percent of the $2.69 billion nationwide. About 0.2 percent of the country's people live here. 46.6 percent Lower Kuskokwim School District holds $91.0 million of Alaska's $195.2 million. The other 129 applicants share $104.2 million. Three districts hold 65.7 percent. 45 school districts hold 98.6 percent. "The E-Rate program is a lifeline to opportunity for Alaska's students." FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency should consider reducing the program's scope, the Anchorage Daily News reported. What level of connectivity do schools and libraries need to utilize AI-enabled educational tools or other emerging technologies effectively? The notice cites an executive order that wants educators equipped to use AI in their classrooms. The ledger holds the price, not the reason. The Anchorage Daily News ties the switch to Starlink. The FCC's questions, Alaska's numbers. Comments are due October 13th. File one comment by October 13th. Replies close November 12th. Filing goes through the FCC's ECFS. Name the place your answer is about. ## What we verified - The FCC's E-Rate notice in the Federal Register sets October 13th, 2026 as the deadline for comments. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - Reply comments on the FCC's E-Rate notice are due November 12th, 2026. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - The FCC asks in its E-Rate notice whether the E-Rate program should be limited or sunset to reflect today's extensive connectivity rates. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - The notice cites an executive order on artificial intelligence whose goal is to equip educators to use AI in their classrooms to improve educational outcomes. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - The FCC asks what level of connectivity schools and libraries need to use AI-enabled educational tools or other emerging technologies effectively. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - The FCC asks whether the discount rate for rural schools and libraries should be higher than the discount rate for urban schools and libraries. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - The FCC notice raises the concern of a disproportionate share of E-Rate funding flowing to large, well-resourced school districts with substantial local tax bases. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - E-Rate discounts range from 20% to 90%, according to the FCC notice. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - Applicants requested $1.806 billion for Category 1 services (connections to schools) in funding year 2025. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - Applicants requested $1.418 billion for Category 2 services in funding year 2025. [Federal Register (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590, 91 FR 52626)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/08/14/2026-16590.txt), primary document, 2026-08-14. - The FCC adopted its E-Rate notice (FCC 26-41) on June 25th, 2026. [Federal Communications Commission (FCC 26-41)](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-41A1.txt), primary document, 2026-06-26. - The FCC asks whether E-Rate support should be limited to rural areas or to areas served by a single provider. [Federal Communications Commission (FCC 26-41)](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-41A1.txt), primary document, 2026-06-26. - The FCC asks whether E-Rate funding should be conditioned on the imposition of screen time limits in schools and libraries. [Federal Communications Commission (FCC 26-41)](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-41A1.txt), primary document, 2026-06-26. - The FCC asks whether schools should be required, as a condition of E-Rate support, to give parents a meaningful opportunity to opt their children out of screen-based instruction. [Federal Communications Commission (FCC 26-41)](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-41A1.txt), primary document, 2026-06-26. - An FCC Public Notice released August 17th, 2026 sets October 13th as the comment deadline and November 12th as the reply deadline. [Federal Communications Commission (Public Notice DA 26-865)](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-865A1.txt), primary document, 2026-08-17. - Alaska schools and libraries had $195.2 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska schools and libraries had $93.0 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2017. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska ranked third among states in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025, behind California and Texas. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=state%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req&%24where=funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=8&%24group=state&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - National funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025 total $2.69 billion. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=sum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska's funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025 are about 7.3 percent of the national total. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=sum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska's population estimate for July 1st, 2025 is 737,270. [U.S. Census Bureau (QuickFacts, Vintage 2025)](https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AK,US/PST045225), primary document, 2025-07-01. - The United States population estimate for July 1st, 2025 is 341,784,857. [U.S. Census Bureau (QuickFacts, Vintage 2025)](https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AK,US/PST045225), primary document, 2025-07-01. - Alaska holds about 0.2 percent of the U.S. population, against about 7.3 percent of funding year 2025 funded E-Rate commitments. [U.S. Census Bureau (QuickFacts, Vintage 2025)](https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AK,US/PST045225), primary document, 2025-07-01. - Lower Kuskokwim School District had $91.0 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025, the most of any Alaska applicant. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=8&%24group=organization_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Lower Kuskokwim School District accounts for about 46.6 percent of Alaska's funding year 2025 funded E-Rate commitments. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=8&%24group=organization_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - The top three Alaska applicants for funding year 2025 total about $128.3 million in funded E-Rate commitments, which is 65.7 percent of the state total. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=8&%24group=organization_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska's 45 school districts hold $192.4 million, or 98.6 percent, of the state's funding year 2025 funded E-Rate commitments. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_entity_type_name%2Ccount%28distinct%20organization_name%29%20as%20orgs%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_entity_type_name), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Lower Yukon School District's largest internet access line in funding year 2023 was $9,229,248 with GCI Communication Corp. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Cspin_name%2Cform_471_service_type_name%2Cfunding_commitment_request&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20organization_name%20like%20%27Lower%20Yukon%25%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27%20AND%20funding_year%20in%28%272022%27%2C%272023%27%2C%272024%27%2C%272025%27%29&%24limit=200&%24order=funding_year%2Cfunding_commitment_request%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Lower Yukon School District's largest internet access line in funding year 2024 was $373,345 with Sateo Inc dba Microcom. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Cspin_name%2Cform_471_service_type_name%2Cfunding_commitment_request&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20organization_name%20like%20%27Lower%20Yukon%25%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27%20AND%20funding_year%20in%28%272022%27%2C%272023%27%2C%272024%27%2C%272025%27%29&%24limit=200&%24order=funding_year%2Cfunding_commitment_request%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - The full text of the Federal Register notice on the FCC's E-Rate proposal never mentions Alaska. [Federal Register via GovInfo (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-14/html/2026-16590.htm), primary document, 2026-08-14. - The FCC's E-Rate notice is filed under WC Docket Nos. 26-133, 13-184, 21-93 and 21-455, and FCC No. 26-41. [Federal Register via GovInfo (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-14/html/2026-16590.htm), primary document, 2026-08-14. - The FCC tells electronic filers to submit comments through its ECFS system at fcc.gov/ecfs. [Federal Register via GovInfo (FCC notice, FR Doc 2026-16590)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-14/html/2026-16590.htm), primary document, 2026-08-14. - Current E-Rate rules raise the discount rate of rural applicants with discount rates below 80% by five to ten percentage points. [Federal Communications Commission (FCC 26-41)](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-41A1.txt), primary document, 2026-06-26. - Alaska schools and libraries had $81.1 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2018. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska schools and libraries had $84.7 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2019. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska schools and libraries had $119.0 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2020. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska schools and libraries had $120.5 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2021. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska schools and libraries had $129.8 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2022. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska schools and libraries had $130.4 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2023. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska schools and libraries had $221.4 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2024. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska has $175.7 million in funded E-Rate commitments so far for funding year 2026, which is a partial year still in progress. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50&%24group=funding_year&%24order=funding_year), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Bering Strait School District had $25.6 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Northwest Arctic Borough School District had $11.7 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - North Slope Borough School District had $10.1 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Yukon-Koyukuk School District had $7.3 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Southwest Region School District had $6.2 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Yupiit School District had $6.1 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Kuspuk School District had $6.0 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Anchorage School District had $840,044 in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025 across three requests. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska Gateway School District had $755,167 in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025 across six requests. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - USAC lists 130 Alaska organizations with funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=count%28distinct%20organization_name%29%20as%20orgs&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=50), primary document, 2026-09-30. - The 129 Alaska applicants other than Lower Kuskokwim hold $104.2 million in funded E-Rate commitments for funding year 2025. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name%2Csum%28funding_commitment_request%29%20as%20req%2Ccount%28%2A%29%20as%20n&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20funding_year%3D%272025%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27&%24limit=200&%24group=organization_name%2Corganization_entity_type_name&%24order=req%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Lower Kuskokwim School District has its central office in Bethel. [Lower Kuskokwim School District (own website)](https://www.lksd.org), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Bering Strait School District has its central office in Unalakleet. [Bering Strait School District (own website)](https://www.bssd.org), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Northwest Arctic Borough School District has its central office in Kotzebue. [Northwest Arctic Borough School District (own website)](https://www.nwarctic.org/o/nwarctic/page/districtwide-contact-information), primary document, 2026-09-30. - North Slope Borough School District has its central office in Utqiagvik. [North Slope Borough School District (own website)](https://www.nsbsd.org), primary document, 2026-09-30. - The Anchorage School District administration center is in Anchorage. [Anchorage School District (own website)](https://www.asdk12.org), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Alaska Gateway School District has its central office in Tok. [Alaska Gateway School District (own website)](https://www.agsd.us), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Lower Yukon School District's funding year 2025 internet access line with Sateo Inc dba Microcom was $313,070. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Cspin_name%2Cform_471_service_type_name%2Cfunding_commitment_request&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20organization_name%20like%20%27Lower%20Yukon%25%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27%20AND%20funding_year%20in%28%272022%27%2C%272023%27%2C%272024%27%2C%272025%27%29&%24limit=200&%24order=funding_year%2Cfunding_commitment_request%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Lower Yukon School District's funding year 2022 internet access line with GCI Communication Corp was $9,229,248. [Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC Open Data, E-Rate request dataset)](https://opendata.usac.org/resource/srbr-2d59.json?%24select=funding_year%2Cspin_name%2Cform_471_service_type_name%2Cfunding_commitment_request&%24where=state%3D%27AK%27%20AND%20organization_name%20like%20%27Lower%20Yukon%25%27%20AND%20form_471_frn_status_name%3D%27Funded%27%20AND%20funding_year%20in%28%272022%27%2C%272023%27%2C%272024%27%2C%272025%27%29&%24limit=200&%24order=funding_year%2Cfunding_commitment_request%20DESC), primary document, 2026-09-30. - Lower Yukon School District moved to Starlink in 2024 and its E-Rate internet subsidy dropped from about $6.25 million to about $600,000, according to the Anchorage Daily News. [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska Journal of Commerce), Mari Kanagy](https://www.adn.com/alaska-journal/news/2026/08/10/the-fcc-spends-hundreds-of-millions-subsidizing-internet-for-alaska-schools-and-libraries-now-it-might-cut-the-program/), report, 2026-08-10. - FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency should consider reducing the E-Rate program's scope, according to the Anchorage Daily News. [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska Journal of Commerce), Mari Kanagy](https://www.adn.com/alaska-journal/news/2026/08/10/the-fcc-spends-hundreds-of-millions-subsidizing-internet-for-alaska-schools-and-libraries-now-it-might-cut-the-program/), report, 2026-08-10. - Tiffany Jackson of the Association of Alaska School Boards said the E-Rate program is a lifeline to opportunity for Alaska's students. [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska Journal of Commerce), Mari Kanagy](https://www.adn.com/alaska-journal/news/2026/08/10/the-fcc-spends-hundreds-of-millions-subsidizing-internet-for-alaska-schools-and-libraries-now-it-might-cut-the-program/), report, 2026-08-10. - Alaska Gateway School District gets more than $700,000 a year from E-Rate, about 7% of the district's budget, according to Superintendent Patrick Mayer. [Alaska Beacon (Chalkbeat), Erica Meltzer](https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/28/feds-target-school-internet-subsidies-in-ed-tech-backlash-even-as-trump-touts-ai/), report, 2026-09-28. - The Alaska Association of School Boards wrote that districts would face an immediate absorption of full connectivity costs ranging from 20-90% if E-Rate were sunset. [Alaska Association of School Boards (commentary by Tiffany Jackson, 'Preventing a Sunset of the FCC's E-Rate Program')](https://aasb.org/?p=45147), report, 2026-08-25. Slides and the deck PDF are linked from the canonical page.