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

August 4, 2000

Year Three Summary

Wave Seventeen Details

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
  • This seventeenth wave notified 631 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 $66 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: $10,929,713.48. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $36,791,990.26, which is 2.6% of national total thus far (over $1.4 billion).
  • The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave seventeen: 71.
  • The number of agencies notified in this seventeenth wave: 23. (New Jersey comprised 2.8% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

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

Public School Districts: 17
Non-Public Schools: 2
Public Libraries: 4

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

Paterson School District**

Paterson

Passaic

9

$8,216,199.68

90%

Newark School District**

Newark

Essex

2

$2,102,302.80

87%

Red Bank School District

Red Bank

Monmouth

10

$189,481

84

Roselle Borough School District

Roselle

Union

64

$83,328

64

Red Bank Public Library

Red Bank

Monmouth

5

$66,124

86

Long Branch Free Pub. Library

Long Branch

Monmouth

4

$48,383.56

83

Millburn Twp School District

Millburn

Essex

7

$46,320.21

23

Burlington Co Institute of Technology

Eastampton

Burlington

4

$46,299.76

45

Essex Catholic High School

East Orange

Essex

4

$40,480

80

Pleasantville School for Academic Excellence

Pleasantville

Atlantic

2

$13,327.20

90

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

**Abbott districts.