Ed. Tech.

Facts on NJ E-Rate Funding Commitments - Year Three (July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001), Wave Ten

June 16, 2000

Year Three Summary

Wave Ten Details

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
  • This tenth wave notified 799 schools and libraries applicants.
  • The total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally to schools and libraries in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: more than $46.8 million.

NEW JERSEY INFORMATION

  • The total amount of Universal Service Funds committed to New Jersey in the form of a discount on eligible services in this wave: $436,888.61. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $20,453,732.29, which is 2.7% of national total thus far (nearly $750 million).
  • The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave ten: 42.
  • The number of agencies notified in this tenth wave: 17. (New Jersey comprised 2.1% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(One Abbott district received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 9

Non-Public Schools: 8
Public Libraries: 0

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District

Princeton Junction

Mercer

3

$103,648.00

40

Howell Township Public Schools

Howell

Monmouth

2

$71,342.54

40

Pleasantville School District**

Pleasantville

Atlantic

3

$70,924.80

80

Middle Township School District

Cape May Court House

Cape May

3

$63,379.44

57

The Pleasantville School for Academic Excellence

Pleasantville

Atlantic

2

$22,786.43

90

Red Bank Regional High School

Little Silver

Monmouth

2

$21,528.00

40

Warren Hills Regional School District

Washington

Warren

1

$14,400.00

40

Passaic County Vocational-Technical High School

Wayne

Passaic

1

$11,472.00

80

Moorestown Friends School

Moorestown

Burlington

4

$10,286.40

40

Kingsway Learning Center

Haddonfield

Camden

4

$9,167.40

50

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

**Abbott districts.