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

May 19, 2000

Year Three Summary

Wave Six Details

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
  • This sixth wave notified 1,869 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 $117.2 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: $194,626.15. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $17,535,772.32, which is 3.5% of national total thus far ($507 million).
  • The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave six: 55.
  • The number of agencies notified in this sixth wave: 24. (New Jersey comprised 1.3% 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: 12
Non-Public Schools: 9
Public Libraries: 3

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

Eastern Camden County Regional School District

Voorhees

Camden

4

$20,989.06

40

New Jersey State Library

Trenton

Mercer

1

$20,920.32

64

Bellmawr Borough School District

Bellmawr

Camden

4

$18,825.91

53

Wildwood School District

Wildwood

Cape May

2

$14,603.43

85

St. Vincent Academy

Newark

Essex

3

$13,046.40

80

Purnell School

Pottersville

Somerset

3

$12,173.90

40

Folsom Elementary School

Hammonton

Atlantic

2

$11,382.00

50

Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District

Matawan

Middlesex

1

$10,330.32

44

Haddon Heights School District

Haddon Heights

Camden

2

$10,274.26

40

Woodbridge Public Library

Woodbridge

Middlesex

2

$8,640.00

40

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

**Abbott districts.