BEAD Allocations to States Announced

In a speech from the East Room of the White House on Monday, President Joe Biden announced how over $40 billion in broadband infrastructure money will be distributed to state-based broadband grant programs under the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.

19 states will receive more than $1 billion under the program, with Texas leading the way at $3.3 billion. Allocations are based on the number of premises without adequate broadband service (at least 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload) as determined by the national broadband map. 

Here's how states with CBAN members fared under the BEAD allocations (rounded numbers):

• California: $1.8 billion
  
• ​Colorado: $827 million
  
• Florida: $1.2 billion
  
• Georgia: $1.3 billion
  
• Hawaii: $149 million
  
• Kansas: $452 million
  
• Indiana: $868 million
  
• Illinois: $1.0 billion
• Iowa: $415 million
• Massachusetts: $147 million
• ​Michigan: $1.6 billion
• Missouri: $1.7 billion
• Nebraska: $405 million
• New Hampshire: $197 million
  
• North Carolina: $1.5 billion
• Oregon: $689 million
  
• Pennsylvania: $1.2 billion
  
• Vermont: $229 million
  
• Virginia: $1.5 billion
• Wisconsin: $1.1 billion

BEAD Timeline

The timeline below is taken from the NTIA guide for eligible entities:

Although it is difficult to tell exactly from the timeline, we do know that the 180 day window for states/territories to send in their plans to NTIA goes until the end of December 2023. If subsequent steps follow the graphical timeline, it appears that the first 20% of funding would be released to the states around April 2024, with the final 80% not in the hands of states/territories until the end of 2024 - three full years from the date that Congress approved the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law.