Kentucky's 4th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $3,480,174 | $4,408,577 | $3,518,876 | $4,441,145 | $3,914,150 | $4,421,687 | $3,709,044 | $2,533,542 | $3,317,790 | $4,074,372 |
| Average discount rate | 78% | 76% | 75% | 76% | 73% | 76% | 74% | 56% | 56% | 61% |
| Service providers | 30 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 35 |
| Billed entities | 64 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 60 | 62 | 67 | 63 | 67 | 67 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $54K | $205K | $466K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.0M | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.8M | $2.3M | $1.1M | $1.6M | $2.2M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $653K | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.4M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $7K | $108K | $27K | $28K | $35K | $37K | $37K | $38K | $18K | $30K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $186K | $171K | $163K | $139K | $24K | $15K | $3K | $13K | $15K | $17K |
| Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wireless School Bus Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County School District | — | $1.1M | $178K | $640K | $971K | $781K | $513K | $322K | $269K | $335K | $2.8M | $569K |
| Kenton County School District | $1.8M | $114K | $114K | $82K | — | $564K | $351K | $98K | $534K | $351K | $2.1M | $414K |
| Shelby County Public Schools | $129K | $645K | $60K | $94K | $123K | $328K | $394K | — | $46K | $473K | $1.1M | $210K |
| Oldham County School District | — | $372K | $224K | $317K | $70K | $194K | $188K | $648K | $340K | $182K | $984K | $197K |
| Campbell County School Dist | $171K | $94K | $109K | $462K | $121K | $252K | $139K | $86K | $94K | $331K | $958K | $192K |
| Lewis County School District | $89K | $111K | $108K | $500K | $127K | $129K | $42K | $100K | $121K | $126K | $936K | $187K |
| Grant County School District | $238K | $77K | $86K | $77K | $370K | $223K | $67K | — | $97K | $95K | $848K | $170K |
| Nelson County School District | $2K | $56K | $601K | $56K | $96K | $158K | $56K | $61K | $69K | $546K | $810K | $162K |
| Covington Independent Public Schools | $44K | $327K | $223K | $116K | $81K | $198K | $86K | $112K | $587K | $207K | $791K | $158K |
| Pendleton County School Dist | $101K | $229K | $83K | $126K | $130K | $126K | $145K | $184K | $93K | $65K | $669K | $134K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Networks | $164K | $54K | $1.1M | $2.2M | $2.0M | $2.0M | $2.0M | $953K | $1.5M | $1.8M | $5.6M | $1.1M |
| STEP CG, LLC | $959K | $2.6M | $181K | $102K | $18K | $34K | $15K | — | — | — | $3.8M | $767K |
| Cincinnati Bell Telephone LLC (KY) | $233K | $693K | $711K | $678K | $544K | $710K | $623K | $603K | $769K | $872K | $2.9M | $572K |
| Encore Technologies | $1.5M | $62K | $700K | — | — | $11K | — | — | — | — | $2.3M | $453K |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $266K | $399K | $383K | $706K | $299K | $426K | $233K | $114K | — | — | $2.1M | $410K |
| Alpha Technologies Inc | — | — | — | $210K | $473K | — | — | — | — | — | $683K | $137K |
| Windstream Communications, LLC | $84K | $85K | $83K | $81K | $169K | $120K | $136K | $204K | $286K | $361K | $503K | $101K |
| Trace3, LLC | $152K | $78K | $78K | $27K | $6K | $8K | — | — | — | — | $341K | $68K |
| Kentucky Educational Development Corporation (KEDC) | $72K | $19K | $11K | $126K | $45K | $232K | $30K | $19K | $1K | $1K | $274K | $55K |
| BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC | — | $74K | $60K | $64K | $72K | $68K | $74K | $31K | $83K | $14K | $270K | $54K |
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.