Kentucky's 3rd District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $8,260,802 | $2,308,594 | $2,855,041 | $1,347,335 | $10,515,432 | $3,821,667 | $10,229,555 | $1,565,125 | $1,595,657 | $2,227,072 |
| Average discount rate | 58% | 56% | 52% | 53% | 52% | 54% | 54% | 54% | 51% | 50% |
| Service providers | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 28 |
| Billed entities | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 32 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $7K | $37K | $107K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $890K | $729K | $1.5M | $41K | $9.1M | $2.6M | $7.5M | $190K | $125K | $935K |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $7.1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.0M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $2.8M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $31K | $43K | $32K | $23K | $21K | $19K | — | $81K | $105K | $85K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $273K | $313K | $312K | $278K | $223K | $8K | $2K | — | $10K | $2K |
| Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County Public Schools | $8.0M | $1.5M | $2.5M | $1.0M | $9.8M | $3.3M | $9.6M | $879K | $905K | $1.5M | $22.9M | $4.6M |
| Louisville Free Public Library | $84K | $617K | $101K | $92K | $411K | $400K | $393K | $423K | $446K | $452K | $1.3M | $261K |
| Trinity High School | $15K | $16K | $8K | $48K | $35K | $8K | $15K | $84K | $26K | $20K | $123K | $25K |
| Assumption High School | — | $23K | $23K | $12K | $63K | $12K | $12K | $15K | $15K | $15K | $120K | $24K |
| Heuser Hearing And Language Academy | — | $10K | $13K | $13K | $42K | $10K | $29K | $29K | $30K | $34K | $78K | $16K |
| Walden School | $6K | $10K | $25K | $10K | $17K | $10K | $9K | $22K | $18K | — | $68K | $14K |
| Presentation Academy | $12K | $7K | $9K | $8K | $17K | $8K | $6K | $3K | $3K | $2K | $53K | $11K |
| St Francis School | $7K | $9K | $9K | $9K | $17K | $8K | $6K | $6K | $9K | $3K | $51K | $10K |
| Academy Of Our Lady Of Mercy | $7K | $8K | $8K | $8K | $19K | $15K | $28K | $17K | $29K | $20K | $50K | $10K |
| Holy Cross High School | $7K | $10K | $13K | $8K | $12K | $8K | $8K | $11K | $7K | $15K | $49K | $10K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step Resources Communication | $1.0M | $518K | $298K | $273K | $9.1M | — | — | — | — | $671K | $11.2M | $2.2M |
| Vero Fiber Networks | $6.8M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $6.8M | $1.4M |
| BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC | $42K | $864K | $864K | $807K | $576K | $585K | $705K | $724K | $726K | $552K | $3.2M | $631K |
| Delta Services, LLC | $129K | — | $1.0M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1.2M | $236K |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $106K | $135K | $135K | $144K | $131K | $120K | $111K | $68K | — | — | $651K | $130K |
| Volta Inc. | $31K | $525K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $556K | $111K |
| AT&T Corp. | $11K | $13K | $13K | $14K | $391K | $382K | $393K | $403K | $447K | $461K | $442K | $88K |
| Extreme Networks | — | — | $376K | — | — | $2.6M | $8.9M | $100K | $151K | $265K | $376K | $75K |
| The Fishel Company | $107K | $172K | — | $19K | $58K | $83K | — | $48K | — | — | $357K | $71K |
| Trace3, LLC | — | $23K | $32K | $23K | $80K | $18K | — | $27K | — | — | $158K | $32K |
Each billed entity is assigned to the congressional district (119th Congress boundaries, U.S. Census TIGER/Line 2024) containing the largest number of its recipient sites, located by their USAC-reported coordinates; entities without usable coordinates use the district in their USAC profile. Funding totals are total authorized disbursements (FCC Form 471 FRN Status, USAC dataset qdmp-ygft); speeds are from Recipient Details and Commitments (avi8-svp9); pre-2016 history is from USAC legacy data (1998-2015). Note: the last year or two in any disbursement series always looks artificially low (FY2025 invoices are still being paid) — that’s the real state of USAC’s data, not an error.