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FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS - YEAR TWO, WAVE TWENTY-B

Year Two Summary

Wave Twenty-B Details

December 27, 1999

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 32,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 2.
  • This twenty B wave notified approximately 100 schools and libraries applicants.
  • Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: approximately $11 million.

NEW JERSEY INFORMATION

  • Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed to New Jersey in the form of a discount on eligible services in this wave: $546,501.76. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $41,944,997.63, which is 2.2% of national total thus far (approximately $1.95 billion).
  • Total number of awards in NJ for wave twenty B: 10.
  • Number of agencies notified in this twenty B wave: 5. (NJ comprised 5.0% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(No Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 2
Non-Public Schools: 3
Public Libraries: 0

AWARDS:

DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

South Brunswick Township School District

Monmouth Junction

Middlesex

3

$181,675.74

40

Bais Shaindel High School

Lakewood

Ocean

3

$173,607.69

90

Bais Kaila Torah Preparatory High School for Girls

Lakewood

Ocean

3

$146,433.13

90

Ilan High School

Elberon

Monmouth

3

$37,639.20

60

Ocean County Vocational-Technical District

Toms River

Ocean

1

$7,146.00

40

*Amount = Funds committed in the form of a discount on eligible services (telecommunications and dedicated services, Internet access, and internal connections).

**Abbott districts.