11/12/2025: FY26 Lunch and Enrollment Redacted Valid File
EPC Administrative Window Open
The EPC administrative window opened October 15, 2025 for E-Rate applicants to update free/reduced lunch and enrollment numbers, and any other information in the EPC Portal that needs to be updated. DPI’s lunch and enrollment information data, also known as the valid file, is posted above. If your data is redacted with an asterisk, please contact Rachel or Bill to obtain the required numbers. Note that the data on the valid file is from the December 2024 snapshot of the 2024-2025 school year. This is the most up-to-date certified data and the data that we will send to USAC to be used by PIA, the E-Rate application reviewers.
It is imperative that the data you enter in your EPC profile matches the DPI posted data, to avoid PIA questions about your free/reduced and enrollment numbers. If you enter numbers in the EPC portal that are different from the numbers on the DPI valid file, PIA will very likely contact you and question what you have submitted. This will make more work for your district and could delay approval of your funding request and even expose you to risk of funding denials.
For Funding Year 2026, E-Rate applicants are required to update their lunch and enrollment information in two areas, the Entity Profile (for the discount calculation) and the Category Two Budget. This is the first year of the next five-year budget cycle (Funding Years 2026-2030). The numbers you enter will be used to forecast your Category 2 budget.
USAC will close the administrative window in early January, locking entity profiles shortly before the Form 471 application window opens. Once this window closes you will not be able to change any of your profile information.
See the USAC Administrative Window Training and Resources webpage for more information and step-by-step directions.
Special Note for Applicants on the TEACH Network
Please login to EPC and double check the accuracy of your Entity Profile information. Wrong or missing information can negatively affect the TEACH statewide consortium application for E-Rate discounts on the TEACH Network.
Private School Lunch & Enrollment Data
Private school agency and school level enrollment and participation reports are available on the DPI School Nutrition Program Statistics page.
CEP Percentages
We receive a common question about the CEP percentages looking low in the posted valid file. Please note that CEP percentages that are entered into EPC are automatically multiplied by 1.6 by USAC, which will yield a much higher F/R percentage.