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Next Step Group, Inc.: E-rate funding and districts served

Next Step Group, Inc. holds $6.4M in E-rate funding commitments across 4 states in FY2024-2026, serving 20 applicants in FY2026. Here is where, for what, and which of those contracts end soon.

Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi · updated nightly from USAC open data
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16applicants

Contracts ending within 12 months

Next Step Group, Inc.'s E-rate contracts that reach their end date in the next year, by applicant.

$3.7M of current service
20applicants

Incumbent today

Applicants Next Step Group, Inc. served in FY2026. Each one is a district to defend, or to take.

6% of its FY2026 requests had a single bidder
8applicants

Lost to a rival this year

Applicants that bought the same service from another provider in FY2026.

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$3.9M
committed FY2026
20
applicants served
4
states
19
contracts ending, 12 months

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommitted
FY2026$3,867,001
FY2025$1,504,201
FY2024$1,001,950

By state and service

Arkansas $3.2MOklahoma $2MTexas $1MMississippi $109KInternal connections $6.3MMaintenance $44KManaged Wi-Fi $29K

Largest applicants served

ApplicantStateServicesCommitted
North Little Rock Sch DistrictARInternal connections$1,205,689
Fort Smith Public SchoolARInternal connections$1,126,747
Edmond Indep School Dist 12OKInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$536,891
Pine Tree Indep School DistTXInternal connections$325,457
Henderson Independent School DistrictTXInternal connections$193,687
Lonoke Public School DistrictARInternal connections$63,557
Pottsville School DistrictARInternal connections$63,363
Francis Tuttle Technology Center School District #21OKInternal connections$61,713
Prairie Grove School DistrictARInternal connections$42,957
Ouachita Public School Dist 1ARInternal connections$36,922
Troup Indep School DistrictTXInternal connections$34,749
Foreman Public School DistrictARInternal connections, Maintenance, Managed Wi-Fi$34,217
Coweta Indep School Dist 17OKInternal connections$29,213
Central Technology CenterOKInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$28,684
Noble Indep School District 40OKInternal connections$24,115
Bolivar County LibraryMSInternal connections$22,255
Thunderbird Challenge ProgramOKInternal connections$19,522
Muskogee Indep School Dist 20OKMaintenance$12,991
Meridian Public LibraryMSInternal connections$2,762
Pewitt CisdTXInternal connections$1,510

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

ApplicantStateServiceCommittedEnds
Central Technology CenterOKInternal connections$9,663Sep 30, 2027
Pottsville School DistrictARInternal connections$57,267Sep 30, 2027
Lonoke Public School DistrictARInternal connections$63,557Sep 30, 2027
North Little Rock Sch DistrictARInternal connections$1,205,689Sep 30, 2027
Pine Tree Indep School DistTXInternal connections$325,457Sep 30, 2027
Edmond Indep School Dist 12OKInternal connections$526,631Sep 30, 2027
Edmond Indep School Dist 12OKManaged Wi-Fi$10,260Sep 30, 2027
Foreman Public School DistrictARInternal connections$19,341Sep 30, 2027
Foreman Public School DistrictARMaintenance$4,119Sep 30, 2027
Prairie Grove School DistrictARInternal connections$42,957Sep 30, 2027
Coweta Indep School Dist 17OKInternal connections$29,213Sep 30, 2027
Central Technology CenterOKManaged Wi-Fi$8,100Sep 30, 2027
Fort Smith Public SchoolARInternal connections$1,111,855Sep 30, 2027
Henderson Independent School DistrictTXInternal connections$193,687Sep 30, 2027
Ouachita Public School Dist 1ARInternal connections$36,922Sep 30, 2027
Francis Tuttle Technology Center School District #21OKInternal connections$32,562Sep 30, 2027
Pewitt CisdTXInternal connections$1,510Sep 30, 2027
Thunderbird Challenge ProgramOKInternal connections$19,522Sep 30, 2027
Troup Indep School DistrictTXInternal connections$24,593Sep 30, 2027

Who is winning at its districts

Providers that sold the same service in FY2026 to an applicant Next Step Group, Inc. served in FY2025.

ProviderApplicants won in FY2026
Aero IT Solutions2
Longview Rapid Communications Inc.2
United Systems, LLC2
Chickasaw Telecom, Inc.1
SERVICE PLUS TELECOMMUNICATION Inc.1
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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Oct 18, 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.