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The BEAD scoreboard: where every state stands

$42.45 billion of federal broadband money is working its way through 56 states and territories. NTIA restructured the program in June 2025 and every state had to re-run its selection — so the only honest question is who is where, now. This page tracks it, state by state. The backbone is NTIA's announcements plus Telecompetitor's running tracker of NTIA and NIST approvals and signed award agreements (updated Oct. 21, 2026); rows resting on trade-press tracking carry our “secondary” label, same as in the newsletter.

54Money moving
2Final proposal approved

Where things stand: NTIA approved all 56 final proposals on Aug. 25, 2026. What separates states now is the paperwork after approval — a NIST sign-off and a signed award agreement put the money in motion, and subgrantee agreements and construction follow state by state. Allocations are NTIA's official BEAD amounts. Each state's own deadlines are on its calendar page.

One count to be straight about: NTIA says 55 of 56 have signed award agreements; the trackers we rely on show signature markers for 54, with California and D.C. unmarked. If NTIA's count is right, one of the two has signed an instrument the trackers haven't caught — most plausibly D.C., whose agreement would carry no deployment money. We show what the trackers show and will update when they do.

Money moving
Texasdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA approved Texas's plan in Nov. 2025 at $1.25B for deployment - over $2B below its $3.31B allocation - and Texas released final awards of about $1B in early Oct. 2026 after four tentative winners (including Astound, at $165M, and Resound, at $23M) backed out of about 31,000 locations, per StateScoop and Broadband Breakfast.Source: broadbandbreakfast.com (secondary)
$3.31B
milestone 2026-10-01
Missourideadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.74B
milestone 2026-10-21
Michigandeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.56B
milestone 2026-10-21
North Carolinadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.53B
milestone 2026-10-21
Virginiadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.48B
milestone 2025-11-18
Alabamadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.4B
milestone 2026-10-21
Louisianadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Louisiana was the first state approved under the restructured program (Nov. 18, 2025) and the first to sign its award amendment, giving it access to funds for its $1.36B GUMBO 2.0 program; the state expected shovels in the ground within 100 days (per NTIA announcements and state officials).Source: datacenterdynamics.com (secondary)
$1.36B
milestone 2025-11-18
Georgiadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.31B
milestone 2025-11-18
Washingtondeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Washington signed its first seven BEAD subgrantee contracts (about $123.9M in BEAD funds for 28,452 locations) in late Sept. 2026, clearing the way for environmental review and permitting, per the Washington State Broadband Office.Source: commerce.wa.gov
$1.23B
milestone 2026-09-24
West Virginiadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.21B
milestone 2026-10-21
Mississippideadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Mississippi was among the last states to clear NIST review after NTIA approval, but by Oct. 20-21, 2026 NTIA reported NIST had approved all 56 proposals and Telecompetitor's tracker shows Mississippi's award agreement signed.Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.2B
milestone 2026-10-21
Floridadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.17B
milestone 2026-10-21
Pennsylvaniadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.16B
milestone 2026-10-21
Kentuckydeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.09B
milestone 2026-10-21
Wisconsindeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.06B
milestone 2026-10-21
Illinoisdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Illinois was the last state approved: NTIA signed off on its $831M deployment proposal on Aug. 25, 2026, completing approvals for all 56 entities, and Telecompetitor's tracker (updated Oct. 21, 2026) shows NIST approval and a signed award agreement since then.Source: statescoop.com (secondary)
$1.04B
milestone 2026-08-25
Arkansasdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026). Note: Resound Networks declined about $5.2M of Arkansas awards in June 2026, per trade-press reports.Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.02B
milestone 2025-11-18
Alaskadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$1.02B
milestone 2026-10-21
Arizonadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$993M
milestone 2026-10-21
Indianadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$868M
milestone 2026-10-21
Coloradodeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026). Note: Resound Networks declined about $3.9M of Colorado awards in June 2026, per trade-press reports.Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$827M
milestone 2026-10-21
Tennesseedeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$813M
milestone 2026-10-21
Oklahomadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Oklahoma was among the last states to clear NIST review after NTIA approval, but by Oct. 20-21, 2026 NTIA reported NIST had approved all 56 proposals and Telecompetitor's tracker shows Oklahoma's award agreement signed.Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$797M
milestone 2026-10-21
Ohiodeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$794M
milestone 2026-10-21
Oregondeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Oregon's award agreement is signed and the state moved forward with most BEAD contracts in June 2026, but Astound Broadband refused about $90.7M to serve 11,000 locations (and three local ISPs also declined), leaving roughly 13,400 locations to re-award, per Broadband Breakfast (June 23, 2026).Source: broadbandbreakfast.com (secondary)
$689M
milestone 2026-06-23
New Mexicodeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
New Mexico signed its first subgrantee BEAD agreement on Oct. 14, 2026 ($26.9M to Kit Carson Electric Cooperative) after rescinding 11 awards to Resound Networks when the state found evidence a Resound employee had defrauded a separate state grant program, per the state broadband office and Light Reading.Source: lightreading.com (secondary)
$675M
milestone 2026-10-14
New Yorkdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$665M
milestone 2026-10-21
Minnesotadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$652M
milestone 2026-10-21
Montanadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$629M
milestone 2025-11-18
Idahodeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$583M
milestone 2026-10-21
South Carolinadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$552M
milestone 2025-11-18
Kansasdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026). Note: Resound Networks declined about $8M of Kansas awards in June 2026, per trade-press reports.Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$452M
milestone 2026-10-21
Nevadadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$417M
milestone 2026-10-21
Iowadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$415M
milestone 2025-11-18
Nebraskadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Nebraska's award agreement is signed, but Amazon declined its Nebraska BEAD award during subgrantee contracting in 2026 while SpaceX reached an agreement, per trade-press reports (Broadband Breakfast, CCG Consulting).Source: broadbandbreakfast.com (secondary)
$405M
milestone 2026-10-21
Wyomingdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$348M
milestone 2025-11-18
Puerto Ricodeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the territory's revised Final Proposal and the territory has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$335M
milestone 2026-10-21
Utahdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$317M
milestone 2026-10-21
Mainedeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$272M
milestone 2025-11-18
Marylanddeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$268M
milestone 2026-10-21
New Jerseydeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$264M
milestone 2026-10-21
Vermontdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$229M
milestone 2026-10-21
South Dakotadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$207M
milestone 2026-10-21
New Hampshiredeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$197M
milestone 2025-11-18
Guamdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the territory has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$157M
milestone 2025-11-18
Hawaiideadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$150M
milestone 2025-11-18
Massachusettsdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the state's revised Final Proposal and the state has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$147M
milestone 2026-10-21
Connecticutdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$144M
milestone 2025-11-18
North Dakotadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$130M
milestone 2025-11-18
Rhode Islanddeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$109M
milestone 2025-11-18
Delawaredeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the state has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$108M
milestone 2025-11-18
Northern Mariana Islandsdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the territory has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$81M
milestone 2025-11-18
American Samoadeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
Approved in NTIA's first batch of revised Final Proposals on Nov. 18, 2025; NIST has since approved it and the territory has signed its award agreement (per Telecompetitor's tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$38M
milestone 2025-11-18
U.S. Virgin Islandsdeadlines
Funds released - award agreement signed
NTIA and NIST approved the territory's revised Final Proposal and the territory has signed its BEAD award agreement, making grant funds available (status per Telecompetitor's running tracker, updated Oct. 21, 2026).Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$27M
milestone 2026-10-21
Final proposal approved
Californiadeadlines
Approved - award agreement not yet signed
NTIA approved California's revised $1.42B plan in July 2026 and the CPUC ratified it on Sept. 17, 2026, but as of Oct. 21, 2026 California still had not signed its award agreement and faces a Nov. 1, 2026 deadline to accept federal terms ('Condition 50') that would bar enforcement of state broadband rules against BEAD recipients for 14 years (per Broadband Breakfast and CPUC records).Source: broadbandbreakfast.com (secondary)
$1.86B
milestone 2026-09-17
District of Columbiadeadlines
Approved - no BEAD deployment funds
NTIA listed D.C.'s Final Proposal as approved as of Mar. 11, 2026, but NTIA has said the District will receive no BEAD deployment funds because its locations are already served, and Telecompetitor's tracker (updated Oct. 21, 2026) does not list D.C. as having signed an award agreement.Source: telecompetitor.com (secondary)
$101M
milestone 2026-03-11