FCC Issues New Eligible Service List for E-rate Discounts

The FCC released a new eligible service list (ESL) for the E-rate USF program providing discounts for schools and libraries. "In the ESL Public Notice for this coming funding year, we proposed keeping the basic structure of the ESL while modifying the ESL to reflect the changes the Commission made to the E-rate program for funding year 2016 in the Second E-rate Modernization Order, and to provide some minor clarifications," the Wireline Bureau said in an order. The bureau said it is adopting the proposed changes to the ESL in the public notice with some modifications.