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FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS - YEAR TWO, WAVE THIRTEEN

Year Two Summary

Wave Thirteen Details

October 1, 1999

NATIONAL INFORMATION

More than 32,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 2.
This thirteenth wave notified over 700 schools and libraries applicants.
Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: approximately $168 million.

NEW JERSEY INFORMATION

Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed to New Jersey in the form of a discount on eligible services in this wave: $1,140,872.02. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $23,214,412.14, which is 2.3% of national total thus far (approximately $1,015 billion).
Total number of awards in NJ for wave thirteen: 36.
Number of agencies notified in this thirteenth wave: 26. (NJ comprised 3.7% 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: 19
Non-Public Schools: 7
Public Libraries: 0

TOP 10 AWARDS:

DISTRICT	CITY	COUNTY	# OF AWARDS	AMOUNT*	DISCOUNT
Lakewood Cheder School	Lakewood	Ocean	1	$464,491.80	90
Trenton City School District**	Trenton	Mercer	1	$111,502.20	83
Hackensack School District	Hackensack	Bergen	2	$91,418.80	55
Sayreville Board of Education	Sayreville	Middlesex	2	$78,740.78	42
Deptford School District	Deptford	Gloucester	1	$66,480.00	40
Buena Regional School District	Richland	Atlantic	1	$58,897.60	80
Monmouth Ocean Educational Service Commission	Freehold	Monmouth	1	$57,982.40	80
Middlesex County Educational Services Commission	Piscataway	Middlesex	3	$53,897.70	75
Saint Patrick High School	Elizabeth	Essex	2	$43,772.00	80
Blessed Sacrament School	Newark	Essex	3	$24,830.78	90

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

**Abbott districts.