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Acero Schools E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $1.2M to Acero Schools (Illinois) over FY2024-2026 across 6 funding requests from 2 providers; $621K Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 1 contract ends in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.

Selling to Acero Schools? USAC committed $1.2M to it over FY2024-2026, $588K in FY2026. Here is who holds its services today, which contracts end soon, what equipment is already installed, and how much Category 2 budget it still has to spend.

Illinois · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Acero Schools
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Acero Schools posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$621KC2 budget left

Money still to spend

Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed).

Budget $1.1M
1contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Acero Schools that reach their end date in the next year.

Next: Sentinel Technologies, Inc., Sep 30, 2027
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0 of 3 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Sentinel Technologies, Inc., onShore Networks of IL LLCEmail me when Acero Schools opens a 470
$1.2M
committed FY2024-2026
6
funding requests
2
providers
$621K
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$588,07432
FY2025$269,47611
FY2024$332,19222

Who serves Acero Schools

Every provider with a funded request at Acero Schools in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
onShore Networks of IL LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$725,134
Sentinel Technologies, Inc.Internal connections, Managed Wi-FiFY2024, FY2026$464,608

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.

ProviderServiceCommittedEnds
Sentinel Technologies, Inc.Internal connections$440,179Sep 30, 2027

What is already installed

Category 2 line items FY2024-2026: the installed base a competing bid has to fit, or replace.

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco2560$405,160CW9176I-RTG, LIC-CW-EFY2026

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$1,138,467$620,610ConfirmedE-Rate Central

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Acero Schools?

onShore Networks of IL LLC (Data and internet, $725K); Sentinel Technologies, Inc. (Internal connections, Managed Wi-Fi, $465K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Acero Schools have left?

$621K of a $1.1M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which of Acero Schools's E-rate contracts end soon?

Sentinel Technologies, Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.

What network equipment does Acero Schools use?

Cisco (2 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Acero Schools have an E-rate Form 470 open right now?

Not as of Nov 5, 2026. Form 470s post most weeks in the fall and winter and take bids for 28 days.

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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Nov 5, 2026. Figures are as USAC publishes them; committed amounts are funding commitments, not payments. Contract end dates on June 30 are left out because many applicants enter the funding-year end instead. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.