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BEAD key-dates calendar

BEAD key dates: Texas

Current status: 17 final awards published (provider-level); all BEAD disbursements frozen pending audit

Last checked: 24 September 2026. Every entry below is pinned to a named source; caveats travel with the entry. If a date matters to your application or deployment plans, verify it with the source linked.

  1. — As reported

    Texas freezes all BEAD disbursements amid Starlink-favouritism audit

    State Comptroller Don Huffines placed an indefinite hold on BEAD funds after the Texas Tribune reported allegations that the Broadband Development Office gave Starlink an upfront-disbursement deal at Gov. Abbott's direction while other ISPs received instalments; lawmakers demanded an audit.

    Source: Texas Comptroller / BDO (via Fierce Network) — view the source

  2. BDO finalises 17 subgrantee contracts: ~US$1.068bn, 208,873 locations

    Texas's final awards went to 17 providers covering 208,873 locations for US$1,067,572,760 — including Starlink's US$108.8m for 63,887 LEO-satellite locations, the largest location share of any winner. Reported 4 June 2026.

    Source: Texas BDO (via Telecompetitor) — view the source

  3. NTIA approves Texas' BEAD Final Proposal

    The approved proposal stood at ~US$1.26bn covering 242,903 locations (50.6% fibre, 27.1% LEO satellite) — before the final contracting round cut it to the US$1.068bn / 208,873-location list.

    Source: NTIA — view the source

  4. — Provisional — as reported; superseded

    BDO submits draft final plan to NTIA

    Provisional awards reported (~US$1.271bn; mix roughly 51% fibre, 27% LEO satellite, 22% fixed wireless) — superseded by the June 2026 final contracts.

    Source: Citizen Portal (TX House briefing) — view the source

  5. BEAD application window closes

    The Texas BEAD application window (opened 12 June 2025) closed; about 4,500 applications were received.

    Source: Brander Group — view the source

  6. Future — A pledge reported in the state press, not a contractual deadline we have seen

    Subgrantees' 48-month deployment pledge

    Texas BEAD subgrantees pledged to complete deployments within 48 months of the June 2026 awards.

    Source: Industry Insider Texas — view the source

More BEAD dates

  • National key-dates calendar — upcoming obligations and national milestones.
  • Louisiana — 12 announced Benefit-of-the-Bargain awards; first state to sign subgrant agreements
  • California — Proposal ratified 17 September 2026; award agreement not yet signed; no final award list published
  • Florida — "Provisional awardees" only — no final award list, no contracts in FACTS
  • North Carolina — "Approved BEAD Awards" published — but the state's own caveat says all awards are contingent until contracted in 2026
  • Missouri — Final Proposal NTIA-approved; the state's BEAD page still labels awards "provisional"
  • Alabama — 63 projects announced as "preliminarily approved" — no final award list
  • Colorado — US$103m provisional award rescinded after fraud referral; locations to be rebid

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