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

August 18, 2000

Year Three Summary

Wave Eighteen Details

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
  • This eighteenth wave notified 374 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 $98 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: $120,368.78. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $70,890.03, which is 2.1% of national total thus far (over $1.5 billion).
  • The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave eighteen: 8.
  • The number of agencies notified in this eighteenth wave: 5. (New Jersey comprised .1% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

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

Public School Districts: 3
Non-Public Schools: 1
Public Libraries: 1

TOP AWARDS:

DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

Oceanside Charter School

Atlantic City

Atlantic

1

$70,890.03

90

Lower Camden Co. Regional HS District

Atco

Camden

1

$21,060.00

54

Mantua Twp School District

Sewell

Gloucester

2

$13,219.20

40

Bloomfield Public Library

Bloomfield

Essex

2

$10,797.95

47

Noecker Elementary School

Roseland

Essex

2

$4,401.60

40

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

**Abbott districts.