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

USAC committed $14M to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (North Carolina) over FY2024-2026 across 176 funding requests from 3 providers; $25.5M 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 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools? USAC committed $14M to it over FY2024-2026, $3.7M 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.

North Carolina · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
0open 470s

No 470 open today

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

$25.5MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $29M
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

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

See its 470s, incumbents and budget →Free account. Opens on Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools with every open 470, who holds each service and the Category 2 budget left.
2 of 50 FY2026 requests had a single bidder80% discount rate: pays 20 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Charter Communications Operating, LLC, DISYS Solutions, Inc., Encore Technology Group LLCEmail me when Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools opens a 470
$14M
committed FY2024-2026
176
funding requests
3
providers
$25.5M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$3,709,706503
FY2025$5,733,566723
FY2024$4,515,312543

Who serves Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

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

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
DISYS Solutions, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$10,733,987
Charter Communications Operating, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$2,786,747
Encore Technology Group LLCInternal connectionsFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$437,851

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco Meraki33811,783$5,744,321LIC-ENT-5YR, MR46-HW, MR46E-HWFY2025
Cisco3672,776$3,613,273C9200L-DNA-E-48-3Y, C9200L-48P-4G-EDU, C9200L-STACK-KIT=FY2025

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$28,960,570$25,452,048PreliminaryE-Rate Services LLC

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools?

DISYS Solutions, Inc. (Internal connections, $10.7M); Charter Communications Operating, LLC (Data and internet, $2.8M); Encore Technology Group LLC (Internal connections, $438K).

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

$25.5M of a $29M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Preliminary), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools use?

Cisco Meraki (338 line items); Cisco (367 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Charlotte-Mecklenburg 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.