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

Year Two Summary

Wave Fourteen Details

October 8, 1999

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 32,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 2.
  • This fourteenth wave notified over 2292 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 $142 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: $3,141,337.95. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $26,355,750.09, which is 2.3% of national total thus far (approximately $1,157 billion).
  • Total number of awards in NJ for wave fourteen: 68.
  • Number of agencies notified in this fourteenth wave: 42. (NJ comprised 1.8% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(Five Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 26
Non-Public Schools: 12
Public Libraries: 4

TOP 10 AWARDS:
DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

Newark School District**

Newark

Essex

1

$811,482.62

86

Neptune Township School District**

Neptune

Monmouth

3

$482,559.40

90

Dover School District

Dover

Morris

2

$428,622.09

70

Perth Amboy School District**

Perth Amboy

Middlesex

8

$345,788.15

90

Hackensack School District

Hackensack

Bergen

1

$202,169.00

55

Rahway School District

Rahway

Union

4

$170,430.07

60

Plainfield Public Schools**

Plainfield

Union

1

$112,320.00

78

Millville Public Schools**

Millville

Cumberland

1

$70,843.52

64

Atlantic County Library

Mays Landing

Atlantic

3

$69,603.62

60

Morris Hills Regional School District

Rockaway

Morris

2

$57,120.00

40

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

**Abbott districts.