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FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS - 8

February 9, 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 the end of February 1999.
This eighth wave notified agencies that submitted approximately 2,400 applications.
Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: approximately $ 320 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: $11,440,214.48. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $46,888,908.57, which is 3.6% of national total (approximately $320 million).
Total number of awards in NJ for wave eight: 186. (NJ comprised 3.0% of the national awards.)
Number of agencies notified in the eighth wave: 73. Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

Public School Districts: 46 (Seven Abbott districts received awards in this wave)

Non-Public Schools: 19

Public Libraries: 8

Top 10 Awards:

DISTRICT	TOWN	COUNTY	DISCOUNT	AMOUNT*	NUMBER
Newark School District**	Newark	Essex	87	$4,778,551.56	5
Bridgeton School District**	Bridgeton	Cumberland	88	$2,830,050.08	4
Paterson School District**	Paterson	Passaic	90	$1,029,795.30	1
Essex County Vocational School	West Orange	Essex	89	$874,740.37	11
Youth Consultation Services	Newark	Essex	90	$234,558.90	12
Englewood School District	Englewood	Bergen	80	$231,428.23	7
Irvington Public Schools**	Irvington	Essex	76	$180,473.40	2
Pennsauken Township School District	Pennsauken	Camden	60	$131,040.00	3
Franklin Township School District	Somerset	Somerset	50	$115,952.50	3
Trenton City School District**	Trenton	Mercer	84	$102,939.06	2

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

**Abbott districts.