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Newton County School District

Decatur, MS · Billed Entity Number (BEN) 128651

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Open Form 470s (FY2027)
$54,798
C2 budget available (FY2026-2030)
Confirmed budget
3
Contracts expiring (upcoming)
2
Providers on funded FRNs

From the latest Form 471 on file (FY2026): 1619 full-time students · NSLP 67% · Category 1 discount 80% · Category 2 discount 80%.

Open Form 470s (FY2027)

No certified FY2027 Form 470 found for this district in the data pulled.

Category 2 budget

CycleVersionC2 budget (pre-discount)FundedPendingAvailableStudentsSites
FY2026-2030Confirmed$326,342$271,544$0$54,79816193
FY2021-2025Confirmed$319,972$246,977$0$72,99519163

Contract expirations

Upcoming expirations (on or after Oct 16, 2026), from Form 471 FRN data. Latest FRN per contract/provider/service.

ExpiresProviderService typeContract #Latest FY seenFRN status
Jun 30, 2028Decatur Telephone CompanyData Transmission and/or Internet Access2FY2026Funded
Jun 30, 2030Southern Light, LLCInternal ConnectionsNCSDUNITI RFP#2025-1FY2026Pending
Jun 30, 2030Southern Light, LLCBasic Maintenance of Internal ConnectionsNCSDUNITI RFP#2025-1FY2026Pending

1 additional contract(s) in the data show an expiration date already past.

Past winning providers (Form 471, funded FRNs)

Provider (SPIN name)Funded FRNsFunding yearsService typesFunding requested*
Southern Light, LLC4FY2025, FY2026Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections, Internal Connections$414,817
Decatur Telephone Company9FY2017, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023, FY2024, FY2025, FY2026Data Transmission and/or Internet Access$93,600

*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: 13 funded, 13 pending (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.