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FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS - 10

February 27, 1999

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NATIONAL INFORMATION

More than 30,000 applications received for the Universal Service Fund by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD).

This tenth wave notified agencies that submitted approximately 1135 applications.

Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: approximately $257 million.

NEW JERSEY INFORMATION

New Jersey's schools and libraries have applied for more than $74 million in E-Rate discounts. New Jersey's E-Rate applications would directly benefit 63% of its public school districts, 50% of its non-public schools, and 33% of its libraries throughout the state.

Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed to New Jersey in the form of a discount on eligible services in this wave: $6,327,237.64. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $61,377,231.40, which is 3.7% of national total (approximately $1.6 billion).

Total number of awards in NJ for wave ten: 1135. (NJ comprised 2.7% of the total national awards.)

Number of agencies notified in the tenth wave: 30. Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

Public School Districts: 17 (Three Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

Non-Public Schools: 9

Public Libraries: 4

Top 10 Awards:

DISTRICT	TOWN	COUNTY	DISCOUNT	AMOUNT*	NUMBER
Jersey City School District**	Jersey City	Hudson	87	$3,913,819.41	13
Camden City Public Schools**	Camden	Camden	85	$818,034.37	3
West New York School District**	West New York	Hudson	73	$585,274.25	4
Jersey City Public Library	Jersey City	Hudson	87	$269,418.99	8
Fairfield Township Public Schools	Bridgeton	Cumberland	80	$106,660.00	2
Roselle Borough School District	Roselle	Union	66	$88,037.40	3
Bayonne School District	Bayonne	Hudson	58	$69,373.80	3
Newark Public Library	Newark	Essex	87	$66,615.90	5
Bergen County Technical Schools	Paramus	Bergen	57	$66,139.95	4
Plainfield Public Schools	Plainfield	Union	60	$62,296.00	1

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

**Abbott districts.