FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS
Funding Year 2005: July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006
Wave 4: July 20, 2005
NATIONAL INFORMATION
- 38,799 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund – Funding Year 2005.
- This fourth wave notified 548 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 $18.1 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: $682,446.60. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $7,930,663.03, which is 2% of national total thus far (over $346 million).
- The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave four: 25.
- The number of agencies notified in this fourth wave: 14. (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: 10 (0 Abbott districts received awards in this wave)
Nonpublic Schools: 4
Public Libraries: 0
