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FACTS ON NJ E-RATE FUNDING COMMITMENTS

Funding Year 2004: July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005
Wave 12: January 21, 2005

NATIONAL INFORMATION

  • 39,785 applications were received for the Universal Service Fund – Funding Year 2004.
  • This twelfth wave notified 168 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 $117.9 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: $1,008,863.84. Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $42,651,902.89, which is 2% of national total thus far (over $1.7 billion).
  • The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave twelve: 8.
  • The number of agencies notified in this twelfth wave: 5. (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: 4 (2 Abbott districts received awards in this wave)
Nonpublic Schools: 1
Public Libraries: 0