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

June 9, 2000

Year Three Summary

Wave Nine Details

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 3.
  • This ninth wave notified 1,054 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: more than $103.2 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: $706,935.50. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $20,016,843.68, which is 2.9% of national total thus far (more than $700 million).
  • The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave nine: 65.
  • The number of agencies notified in this ninth wave: 29. (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:

(Two Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 16
Non-Public Schools: 10
Public Libraries: 3

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

Newark School District**

Newark

Essex

1

$154,494.60

87

Cherry Hill Township School District

Cherry Hill

Camden

4

$100,374.94

41

Monmouth County Vocational School District

Colts Neck

Monmouth

3

$90,643.91

44

Kearny School District

Kearny

Hudson

1

$53,760.00

56

Winslow Township School District

Blue Anchor

Camden

4

$46,736.46

53

Union County Vocational-Technical Schools

Scotch Plains

Union

2

$37,962.84

47

Medford Township Board of Education

Medford

Burlington

4

$36,067.20

40

Cape May County Special Services

Cape May Court

Cape May

3

$21,888.00

76

Atlantic County Vocational-Technical School

Mays Landing

Atlantic

2

$21,124.80

60

M.A.I.N., Inc.

Morristown

Morris

2

$19,282.68

36

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

**Abbott districts.