Which Entities Have Uncertified Year 6 Form 470's
Message Posted January 30, 2003

In a recent update, I listed all of the documents that must be submitted to the SLD by February 6. The following reference generated many questions:

The Block 5 certification of any Form 470 cited in a Funding Year 6 Form 471 with the signature of the authorized person (whether electronic or paper).

This was included as a reminder to everyone who submitted a Year 6 Form 470, but forgot to send in their certification/signature pages. If you already sent them in (or eCertified), then you DO NOT have to resend them.

I have attached a spreadsheet showing which entities have 470's that haven't yet been certified. Last year, 3% of all E-rate denials (across the country) were due to untimely filed 470 certifications. Please just make sure that your entity is not on this list.

If it is on the list, perhaps you mean for the 470 to die on the vine, or you mailed it and the SLD just hasn't entered it into their system yet. If neither of these are the case, then go to the SLD website, and click on "certify complete" under the 470 column of the online application page. It will let you print off another certification to sign and mail (by Feb. 6).