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Hope Public School District
Hope, AR · Billed Entity Number (BEN) 139414
From the latest Form 471 on file (FY2026): 2135 full-time students · NSLP 86% · Category 1 discount 90% · Category 2 discount 85%.
Open Form 470s (FY2027)
No certified FY2027 Form 470 found for this district in the data pulled.
Prior-cycle Form 470s (2)
Category 2 budget
| Cycle | Version | C2 budget (pre-discount) | Funded | Pending | Available | Students | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026-2030 | Preliminary | $449,783 | $0 | $448,210 | $1,573 | 2135 | 6 |
| FY2021-2025 | Confirmed | $374,197 | $312,306 | $0 | $61,891 | 2145 | 6 |
Contract expirations
Upcoming expirations (on or after Oct 16, 2026), from Form 471 FRN data. Latest FRN per contract/provider/service.
| Expires | Provider | Service type | Contract # | Latest FY seen | FRN status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2027 | JSK Company, Inc | Internal Connections | — | FY2026 | Pending |
| Jun 30, 2029 | E. Ritter Communications Holdings, LLC. | Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | — | FY2026 | Pending |
16 additional contract(s) in the data show an expiration date already past.
Past winning providers (Form 471, funded FRNs)
| Provider (SPIN name) | Funded FRNs | Funding years | Service types | Funding requested* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Ritter Communications Holdings, LLC. | 6 | FY2021, FY2022, FY2023, FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $396,576 |
| JSK Company, Inc | 5 | FY2018, FY2019, FY2023 | Internal Connections | $378,148 |
| Windstream Communications, LLC | 4 | FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020 | Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $270,000 |
| Southwestern Bell Telephone Company | 6 | FY2017, FY2018, FY2019 | Data Transmission and/or Internet Access, Voice | $16,442 |
| South Arkansas Telephone Company | 2 | FY2017, FY2018 | Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $9,698 |
| Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership) | 2 | FY2017, FY2018 | Voice | $1,958 |
| SBC Long Distance, LLC. | 2 | FY2017, FY2018 | Voice | $456 |
*Sum of funding_commitment_request on FRNs with status Funded — the requested amount, not necessarily the final committed or disbursed amount.
All FRNs on file: 30 pending, 27 funded, 1 cancelled (FY2017–FY2026).
Source: USAC Open Data datasets jt8s-3q52 (Form 470), qdmp-ygft (Form 471 FRN status), 6brt-5pbv (C2 budget), 9s6i-myen (Form 471 basic info). Data pulled 2026-10-16.