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

June 30, 2000

Year Three Summary

Wave Twelve Details

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
  • This twelfth wave notified 830 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: nearly $238 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: $2,930,898.40. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $24,019,642.05, which is 2.3% of national total thus far (over $1 billion).
  • The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave twelve: 63.
  • The number of agencies notified in this twelfth wave: 18. (New Jersey comprised 2.2% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(Five Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 14
Non-Public Schools: 4
Public Libraries: 0

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

Elizabeth School District**

Elizabeth

Union

4

$1,207,649.66

85

Long Branch School District**

Long Branch

Monmouth

10

$504,564.19

90

Trenton City School District**

Trenton

Mercer

3

$480,017.64

81

North Hudson County Area Vocational-Technical Center

North Bergen

Hudson

8

$369,146.59

79

Pemberton Township School District**

Browns Mills

Burlington

3

$112,433.28

62

Talmud Torah of Lakewood

Lakewood

Ocean

5

$103,331.70

90

Mount Laurel Township Schools

Mount Laurel

Burlington

5

$51,276.00

40

West Morris Regional High School District

Chester

Morris

4

$19,926.02

20

Emerson Board of Education

Emerson

Bergen

2

$14,160.00

40

Mullica Township School District

Elwood

Atlantic

1

$13,579.20

60

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

**Abbott districts.