Jan. 1, 1998-
June 30, 1999

July 1, 1999-
June 30, 2000

July 1, 2000-
June 30, 2001

Funding Level

$1.925 billion

$2.25 billion

TBD

Window

Dec. 1, 1998-
March 11, 1999

Nov. 1, 1999-
Dec. 19, 2000

Form 486/Bear Deadline

Dec. 19, 1999

TBD

TBD

Total Committed

$1,660,008,866
as of Feb. 27, 1999

$1,927,274,194
as of Nov. 27, 1999

# of Form 471s Received

30,120

over 32,000

over 36,000

Total funded applications

25,785

% to K-12 Schools

77.70%

80.68%

% to Public Libraries

18.06%

16.14%

% to Consortiums

4.23%

3.18%

Internal Connections funded at

70%

20%

Total Funding

$23,641,930.13

$28,587,328
as of Nov. 22, 1999

Funding for Public Libraries

$637,426

$570,276

Funding for public schools & districts

$18,375,793

$16,503,166

Total Funding

$4,554,222

$5,545,077

Consortium Discount Rate

64.3%

49.0%

50.0%