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

 

July 28, 2000

Year Three Summary

Wave Sixteen Details

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
  • This sixteenth wave notified 497 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 $235 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: $1,431,665.66. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $25,862,276.78, which is1.9% of national total thus far (over $1.4 billion).
  • The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave sixteen: 31.
  • The number of agencies notified in this sixteenth wave: 12. (New Jersey comprised 2.4% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(4 Abbott district (s) received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 8
Non-Public Schools: 2
Public Libraries: 2

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

Hoboken School District**

Hoboken

Hudson

3

$641,641.20

85

Irvington Public Schools**

Irvington

Essex

5

$310,690.62

82

Akiva Bak

Lakewood

Ocean

6

$164,426.87

90

Bridgeton School District**

Bridgeton

Cumberland

1

$136,345.76

83

Long Branch School District**

Long Branch

Monmouth

4

$130,225.98

83

Weehawken Township School District

Weehawken

Hudson

2

$29,013.48

83

Atlantic City Free Public Library

Atlantic City

Atlantic

1

$7,968

83

North Haledon Schools

North Haledon

Passaic

1

$3,638.40

40

Ringwood School District

Ringwood

Passaic

1

$3,638.40

40

Gibbsboro School District

Gibbsboro

Camden

5

$2,666.50

40

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

**Abbott districts.