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

July 14, 2000

Year Three Summary

Wave Fourteen Details

NATIONAL INFORMATION

More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
This fourteenth wave notified 352 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 $47 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: $217,712.63. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $24,338,872.64, which is 2.2% of national total thus far (over $1 billion).
The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave fourteen: 8.
The number of agencies notified in this fourteenth wave: 6. (New Jersey comprised 2.3% 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: 5

Non-Public Schools: 1

Public Libraries: 0

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT	CITY	COUNTY	# OF AWARDS	AMOUNT*	DISCOUNT

Edison Twp. School District	Edison	Middlesex	2	$144,504.00	40
Pitman Public School District	Pitman	Gloucester	2	$44,462.00	43
Ridgewood Village School District	Ridgewood	Bergen	1	$12,240.03	36
Linden School District	Linden	Union	1	$7,948.20	65
Emerson Board of Education	Emerson	Bergen	1	$5,798.40	40
Saint Bartholomew Interpar School	Scotch Plains	Union	1	$2,760.00	40

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

**Abbott districts.