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USAC committed $5.9M to Ascend Charter Schools (New York) over FY2024-2026 across 18 funding requests from 4 providers; $459K Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 0 contracts end in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.
Selling to Ascend Charter Schools? USAC committed $5.9M to it over FY2024-2026, $1.8M 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.
When Ascend Charter Schools posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.
Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed).
Budget $516KE-rate contracts at Ascend Charter Schools that reach their end date in the next year.
| Funding year | Committed | Funding requests | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $1,807,278 | 7 | 3 |
| FY2025 | $1,910,640 | 5 | 3 |
| FY2024 | $2,141,817 | 6 | 3 |
Every provider with a funded request at Ascend Charter Schools in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.
| Provider | Services | Years | Committed FY2024-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cablevision Lightpath LLC | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $3,933,066 |
| Crown Castle Fiber LLC | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $1,573,020 |
| ConvergeOne, Inc. | Internal connections | FY2024, FY2025 | $305,306 |
| Efficient and Economical Network Solutions | Maintenance | FY2026 | $48,344 |
Category 2 line items FY2024-2026: the installed base a competing bid has to fit, or replace.
| Manufacturer | Line items | Quantity | Cost | Models | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco Meraki | 5 | 80 | $249,508 | MA-SFP-10GB-SR, MA-MOD-8X10G, MS425-32-HW | FY2024 |
| Cisco | 2 | 40 | $109,676 | C9300L-48PF-4X-M, MA-SFP-10GB-SR | FY2025 |
| Cycle | Budget | Left | Status | Consultant on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026-2030 | $516,362 | $459,487 | Confirmed | E-Rate Advantage |
Cablevision Lightpath LLC (Data and internet, $3.9M); Crown Castle Fiber LLC (Data and internet, $1.6M); ConvergeOne, Inc. (Internal connections, $305K); Efficient and Economical Network Solutions (Maintenance, $48K).
$459K of a $516K budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.
Cisco Meraki (5 line items); Cisco (2 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.
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.