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

Year Two Summary

Wave Nineteen Details

November 12, 1999

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • More than 32,000 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund - Year 2.
  • This nineteenth wave notified approximately 840 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 $110 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: $3,318,048.19. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $37,289,753.00, which is 2.0% of national total thus far (approximately $1.85 billion).
  • Total number of awards in NJ for wave nineteen: 48.
  • Number of agencies notified in this nineteenth wave: 27. (NJ comprised 3.2% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
  • Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services in the following categories:

(Three Abbott districts received awards in this wave.)

Public School Districts: 22
Non-Public Schools: 2
Public Libraries: 3

TOP 10 AWARDS:
DISTRICT

CITY

COUNTY

# OF AWARDS

AMOUNT*

DISCOUNT

Atlantic City Board of Education

Atlantic City

Atlantic

1

$764,608.52

84

Essex County Vocational School

West Orange

Essex

5

$488,384.65

90

Pleasantville School District**

Pleasantville

Atlantic

4

$341,719.08

80

Perth Amboy School District**

Perth Amboy

Middlesex

6

$334,479.52

90

Freehold Regional High School District

Englishtown

Monmouth

1

$283,324.05

45

Hudson County Area Vocational-Technical Center

North Bergen

Hudson

1

$182,023.38

69

North Hudson County Area Vocational-Technical Center

North Bergen

Hudson

1

$171,295.26

69

Brick Township School District

Brick

Ocean

2

$150,412.18

41

Hudson County Area Vocational-Technical School

North Bergen

Hudson

1

$97,378.32

69

Cape May County Special Services

Cape May Court

Cape May

2

$87,920.01

71

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

**Abbott districts.