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

July 21, 2000

Year Three Summary

Wave Fifteen Details

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
  • This fifteenth wave notified 221 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: over $26 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: $91,738.48. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $24,430,611.12, which is 2.2% of national total thus far (over $1 billion).
  • The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave fifteen: 12.
  • The number of agencies notified in this fifteenth wave: 4. (New Jersey comprised 5.4% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

Public School Districts: 2
Non-Public Schools: 2
Public Libraries: 0

TOP AWARDS:

DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

           

North Plainfield School District

North Plainfield

Somerset

5

$50,428.18

47

Plainfield Public Schools

Plainfield

Union

1

$34,027.50

75

Our Lady of Mercy Interpar School

Park Ridge

Bergen

3

$38,02.80

40

Saint James School

Ventnor City

Atlantic

3

$3,480.00

50

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

**Abbott districts.