{"id":32835,"date":"2025-01-15T13:18:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T19:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/?p=32835"},"modified":"2025-01-15T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:25:26","slug":"e-rate-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/2025\/01\/15\/e-rate-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"TSLAC Offers Free Help for Public Libraries to File for 2025 Federal E-Rate Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The E-rate Application Window for 2025 closes on March 26<\/strong> (with the first form due mid-February), so act now! If you\u2019re from an accredited public library and want to apply for this funding, TSLAC offers free E-rate consultants as part of its <strong>Libraries Connecting Texas (LCT) program<\/strong>. Please contact Henry Stokes at <strong><a href=\"mailto:LDO@tsl.texas.gov\">LDO@tsl.texas.gov<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumb-high-speed-internet-sticker-design.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumb-high-speed-internet-sticker-design.png\" alt=\"Badge that indicates TSLAC has provided library high-speed Internet\" class=\"wp-image-28261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumb-high-speed-internet-sticker-design.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumb-high-speed-internet-sticker-design-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ldn\/tech\/services\">E-Rate<\/a> is a federal discount program available to accredited public libraries that pays up to 90% of broadband costs, but we at TSLAC know the process to complete an application like this can be daunting. TSLAC is continuing its support of libraries this year in applying for E-Rate. LCT provides <strong>FREE<\/strong>, one-on-one support from a professional consulting firm, E-Rate Central, to guide participating libraries successfully through the 2025 E-Rate Funding Year.\u00a0And brand new this year, they can help with <strong>ALL categories of E-rate <\/strong>such as equipment and cabling, not just for internet access costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please contact Henry Stokes at <strong><a href=\"mailto:LD@tsl.texas.gov\">LDO@tsl.texas.gov<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as soon as possible if you&#8217;re new to E-rate and would like to participate in our free consulting program this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The E-rate Application Window for 2025 closes on March 26 (with the first form due mid-February), so act now! If you\u2019re from an accredited public library and want to apply for this funding, TSLAC offers free E-rate consultants as part of its Libraries Connecting Texas (LCT) program. Please contact Henry Stokes at LDO@tsl.texas.gov\u00a0as soon as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":31776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[930,59,15],"tags":[567],"class_list":["post-32835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","category-public-libraries","category-technology","tag-public-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32835"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32839,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32835\/revisions\/32839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}