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SDLA Compliance Resource

Request the One-Time E-Rate Invoice Deadline Extension

A narrow FRN-specific safeguard that adds 120 days when requested within the FCC/USAC filing window; it does not cure unsupported costs or extend service delivery.

  • E-Rate
  • Invoice Extension
  • EPC
Date(s)Before or within 15 days after the original Invoice Deadline Date for each FRN
Applies toApplicants or service providers that may not complete Form 472/474 by an FRN’s original invoice deadline

In Plain Language: Verify the original IDD, confirm the FRN has not already received its one automatic extension, submit the request in EPC through the current process before or within 15 days after the IDD, and confirm the new deadline on the FRN record.

Why this matters

The request window is short and the extension is one-time. Waiting for a post-commitment decision, vendor data, or internal approval does not automatically stop the deadline; after the 15-day window, relief generally requires an FCC waiver.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: party responsible for invoicing the FRN. Partners: applicant E-Rate lead, service provider, fiscal, EPC rights administrator, technology/project staff, and legal counsel when waiver relief may be needed.

From an FRN's invoice deadline to a confirmed extension: the SDLA ITO workflow

The extension is narrow, it applies per FRN, and it does not cure unsupported costs. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how each FRN's original deadline, its prior-extension status, and EPC rights become the request confirmation, USAC's decision, and the updated calendar.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from each FRN's original deadline, its prior-extension status, and EPC rights, through monitoring, verifying eligibility, requesting, and confirming the revised date, to the request confirmation, USAC's decision, and the updated calendar.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers monitoring, verifying eligibility, requesting, and confirming the revised date; Output covers the request confirmation, USAC's decision, and the updated calendar. Request before or within 15 days after the original Invoice Deadline Date.

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Operational workflow

  1. Monitor every FRN’s original IDD and invoice readiness at least monthly.
  2. Before delay becomes critical, verify the correct billed entity, FRN, EPC rights, original IDD, and prior-extension status.
  3. Submit the extension request before or within 15 days after the original IDD using the current EPC method.
  4. Confirm which FRNs were approved or rejected and record each revised IDD.
  5. Complete invoicing within the extended period; escalate immediately if the request window was missed.

Implementation pathway

Monitor IDD
Verify eligibility
Request
Confirm revised date
Invoice

Evidence to retain

  • Original IDD source
  • FRN and prior-extension check
  • EPC request/case confirmation
  • USAC approval/rejection and revised IDD
  • Updated responsibility calendar
  • Completed invoice or waiver file

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify current USAC, FCC, CRDC, EPC, funding-year, FRN, procurement, and local records before acting.