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FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS - 7

February 2, 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).
All applications will be notified in several waves by mid-February 1999.
This seventh wave notified agencies that submitted approximately 1,500 applications.
Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally in the form of a discount on eligible services for wave six: approximately $140 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 the seventh wave: $5,207,708.44. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $35,448,694.09, which is 4.7% of national total ($761 million).
Total number of awards in NJ for wave seven: 142. (NJ comprised 4.1% of the national awards.)
Number of agencies notified in the seventh wave: 62. Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

Public School Districts: 39 (Six Abbott districts received awards in this wave)

Non-Public Schools: 19

Public Libraries: 4

Top 10 Awards:

DISTRICT	TOWN	COUNTY	DISCOUNT	AMOUNT*	NUMBER
Elizabeth School District**	Elizabeth	Union	7	$1,406,259.28	86
Trenton City School District**	Trenton	Mercer	84	$1,329,894.72	1
JJC Office of Education	Trenton	Mercer	90	$1,109,007.90	3
Salem City School District	Salem	Salem	78	$305,770.87	3
Plainfield Public Schools	Plainfield	Union	79	$126,327.32	1
Bridgeton School District**	Bridgeton	Cumberland	88	$109,780.00	2
Phillipsburg School District**	Phillipsburg	Warren	64	$95,803.84	4
Beverly City School District	Beverly	Burlington	80	$61,286.06	9
St. Anthony High School	Jersey City	Hudson	80	$58,135.20	4
Mary Help of Christians	North Haledon	Passaic	80	$53,700.00	1

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

**Abbott districts.