July 15, 1999
NATIONAL INFORMATION
- More than 32,000 applications were received for the Year 2 Universal Service Fund.
- This second wave notified agencies that submitted approximately 900 applications.
- Total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: approximately $16 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: $209,346.04. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $2,665,952.56, which is 2.5% of national total (approximately $105 million).
- Total number of awards in NJ for wave two: 24.
- Number of agencies notified in this second wave: 14. (NJ comprised 1.6% of the total national funded applications.)
- Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:
Public School Districts: 10
Non-Public Schools: 3
Public Libraries: 1
Top 10 Awards:
| DISTRICT |
TOWN |
COUNTY |
DISCOUNT |
AMOUNT* |
# OF AWARDS |
| Passaic County Vocational-Technical High School |
Wayne |
Passaic |
80 |
$100,387.20 |
4 |
| West Deptford Township School District |
Paulsboro |
Gloucester |
40 |
$35,817.60 |
2 |
| South Orange Maplewood Board of Education |
Maplewood |
Essex |
45 |
$27, 957.88 |
2 |
| Camden COunty E-Rate Consortium | (see wave details) |
Camden |
40 |
$12,883.10 |
4 |
| Wallkill Valley Regional High School |
Hamburg |
Sussex |
40 |
$8,160.00 |
1 |
| Little Falls Township School District |
Little Falls |
Passaic |
40 |
$8,000.00 |
1 |
| Cresskill School District |
Cresskill |
Bergen |
40 |
$4,320.00 |
2 |
| Morris County Vocational-Technical School District |
Denville |
Morris |
20 |
$2,608.29 |
2 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Passaic |
Passaic |
Passaic |
90 |
$2,268.00 |
1 |
| Hanover Park Regional High School District |
East Hanover |
Morris |
20 |
$2,199.17 |
1 |
*Amount = Funds committed in the form of a discount on eligible services (telecommunications and dedicated services, Internet access, and internal connections).