November 17, 2000
NATIONAL INFORMATION
- More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
- This twenty-eighth wave notified 139 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 $15.3 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: $1,006,542.07. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $42,183,245.86, which is 2% of national total thus far (over $2 billion).
- The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave twenty-eight: 21.
- The number of agencies notified in this twenty-eighth wave: 9. (New Jersey comprised 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: 2
Non-Public Schools: 7
Public Libraries: 0
AWARDS:
| DISTRICT |
CITY |
COUNTY |
# OF AWARDS |
AMOUNT* |
DISCOUNT |
| Robert Treat Academy Charter School |
Newark |
Essex |
2 |
$372,045.60 |
90 |
| St. Rocco School |
Newark |
Essex |
4 |
$363,400.20 |
90 |
| Middlesex County Vocational-Technical School District |
East Brunswick |
Middlesex |
4 |
$116,498.17 |
60 |
| Archway Washington Township |
Sewell |
Gloucester |
1 |
$112,923.90 |
90 |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Torah School |
Lakewood |
Monmouth |
3 |
$18,624.60 |
90 |
| St. Leo School |
Irvington |
Essex |
3 |
$11,577.60 |
90 |
| Madrasatu Ahlis-Sunnah |
East Orange |
Essex |
1 |
$6,000.00 |
80 |
| Archway Challenge Education |
Atco |
Camden |
2 |
$4,924.80 |
90 |
| Madrasatu Dar Al-Arqam |
East Orange |
Essex |
1 |
$547.20 |
80 |
*Amount = Funds committed in the form of a discount on eligible services (telecommunications and dedicated services, Internet access, and internal connections).
**Abbott districts.