NJ E-Rate Funding Commitments

FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS

Funding Year 2002: July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003
Wave 15: October 30, 2002

NATIONAL INFORMATION

More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund – Funding Year 2002.
This fifteenth wave notified 518 schools and libraries applicants.
The total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally to schools and libraries in the form of a discount on eligible services for this wave: over $28.5 million.

NEW JERSEY INFORMATION

The total amount of Universal Service Funds committed to New Jersey in the form of a discount on eligible services in this wave: $1,618,481.69. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $34,328,896.95, which is 2.4% of national total thus far (over $1.4 billion).
The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave fifteen: 6.
The number of agencies notified in this fifteenth wave: 5. (New Jersey comprised 1% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

Public School Districts: 3 (1 Abbott district received awards in this wave)
Nonpublic Schools: 2
Public Libraries: 0