NJ E-Rate Funding Commitments

FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS

Funding Year 2003: July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004
Wave 1: April 23, 2003

NATIONAL INFORMATION

For Funding Year 2003 41,146 E-Rate applications were received for the Universal Service Fund.
This first wave notified 13,946 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: nearly $181 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: $9,601,121.15, which is 5% of national total.
The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave one: 724.
The number of agencies notified in this first wave: 433. (New Jersey comprised 3% 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: 200 (10 Abbott district(s) received awards in this wave)
Nonpublic Schools: 184
Public Libraries: 49