June 16, 2000
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: 8Public 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.