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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1281 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 Covina-  Valley  Unified  School  District  )  NCS  Bar  Code:  NEC.  471.01-Covina, 
 California  )  10-  00.04100112 
 ) 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  )  CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 Universal  Service  ) 
 ) 
 Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  )  CC  Docket  No.  97-  21 
 National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  13,  2000  Released:  June  14,  2000 
 By  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  This  Order  dismisses  the  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  by  Covina-  Valley  Unified  School 
 District  (Covina-  Valley),  Covina,  California,  seeking  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the 
 Universal  Service  Administrative  Company’s  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  on  February  17, 
 2000.  1  The  Commission  received  Covina-  Valley’s  Letter  of  Appeal  on  March  27,  2000.  2  Under 
 section  54.720  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  any  such  appeal  must  be  filed  within  30  days  of  the 
 issuance  of  the  decision  as  to  which  review  is  sought.  3  Documents  are  considered  to  be  filed 
 with  the  Commission  only  upon  receipt.  4  Because  the  instant  Letter  of  Appeal  was  not  filed 
 within  the  specified  30-  day  period,  it  will  be  dismissed  without  further  consideration. 


 1  See  Letter  from  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Co.,  to  Ray  Harder,  Covina-Valley 
 Unified  School  District,  dated  February  17,  2000. 
 2  Letter  from  Robert  Pletka,  Covina-  Valley  Unified  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed 
 March  27,  2000  (Letter  of  Appeal). 
 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  720. 


 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.7. 
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 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  under  sections 
 0.91,  0.291,  and  54.722(  a)  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.  291,  and  54.722(  a), 
 that  the  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  March  27,  2000,  by  Covina-  Valley  Unified  School  District, 
 Covina,  California,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Carol  E.  Mattey 
 Deputy  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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