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

Year Two Summary

Wave Twenty-one Details

May 1, 2001

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 32,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 2.
  • This twenty-first wave notified approximately 2,318 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 $163.3 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: $1,433,868.96. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $43,378,866.59, which is 2.1 of national total thus far (approximately $2.1 billion).
  • Total number of awards in NJ for wave twenty-one: 158.
  • Number of agencies notified in this twenty-first wave: 73. (NJ comprised 3.1% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(Three Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

  • Public School Districts: 41
  • Non-Public Schools: 24
  • Public Libraries: 8

TOP 10 AWARDS:
DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

East Orange School District East Orange Essex 4 $333,008.45 83
Hoboken School District Hoboken Hudson 1 $135,339.55 85
Long Branch School District Long Branch Monmouth 1 $106,899.24 83
Warren Hills Regional School District Washington Warren 3 $53,164.40 40
Lakewood Hebrew Day School Lakewood Monmouth 3 $44,977.25 50
Cresskill School District Cresskill Bergen 2 $42,265.41 33
Sparta Township School District Sparta Sussex 1 $39,480.00 35
Ocean Township School District Oakhurst Monmouth 5 $38,366.69 40
Montville Township School District Montville Morris 2 $37,639.70 35
Freehold Borough School District Freehold Monmouth 3 $36,892.65 75

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

**Abbott districts.