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

Year Two Summary

Wave Sixteen Details

October 22, 1999

NATIONAL INFORMATION

More than 32,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 2.
This sixteenth wave notified approximately 1,200 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 $121 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: $242,303.82. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $27,504,115.87, which is 2.0% of national total thus far (approximately $1.38 billion).
Total number of awards in NJ for wave sixteen: 12.
Number of agencies notified in this sixteenth wave: 8. (NJ comprised 0.7% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(No Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 6
Non-Public Schools: 2
Public Libraries: 0

TOP AWARDS:

DISTRICT	*CITY TOWN COUNTY DISCOUNT AMOUNT NUMBER**	COUNTY	# OF AWARDS	AMOUNT*	DISCOUNT
Bergen County Technical Schools	Paramus	Bergen	4	$120,885.76	47
Bergen County Special Services	Paramus	Bergen	1	$38,456.00	46
Florence Township School District	Florence	Burlington	2	$30,735.36	46
Essex County Educational Services Commission	Cedar Grove	Essex	1	$29,160.00	90
Saint Gerard Majella School	Paterson	Passaic	1	$19,687.50	50
Lincoln Park Board of Education	Lincoln Park	Morris	1	$1,880.40	40
Saint Anthony School	Trenton	Mercer	1	$1,164.00	50
Bloomsbury Elementary School	Bloomsbury	Hunterdon	1	$334.80	40

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

**Abbott districts.