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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1286 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  ) 
 Decisions  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 Laurel  Hall  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  148415 
 Hagerstown,  Maryland  ) 
 ) 
 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.  The  Common  Carrier  Bureau  (Bureau)  has  under  consideration  a  Letter  of  Appeal 
 from  Laurel  Hall  School,  Hagerstown,  Maryland  (Laurel  Hall),  requesting  review  of  a  decision 
 issued  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company 
 (Administrator).  1  Laurel  Hall  seeks  review  of  the  Administrator's  denial  of  applications  for 
 discounted  services  under  the  universal  service  support  mechanism  for  schools  and  libraries.  2 


 2.  The  Commission’s  rules  provide  that  the  Bureau  must  issue  a  decision  resolving  a 
 request  for  review  of  matters  properly  before  it  within  ninety  days.  3  The  Bureau  previously 
 extended  the  original  ninety-  day  deadline  for  Laurel  Hall  by  sixty  days,  to  June  12,  2000.  4  Due 
 to  the  complexity  of  the  issues  raised  in  Laurel  Hall’s  Letter  of  Appeal,  the  Bureau  requires 


 1  Letter  from  Benjamin  J.  Aron,  Schwaniger  &  Associates,  on  behalf  of  Laurel  Hall  School,  to  Federal 
 Communications  Commission,  filed  January  14,  2000  (Letter  of  Appeal). 
 2  Section  54.  719(  c)  of  the  Commission's  rules  provides  that  any  person  aggrieved  by  an  action  taken  by  a 
 division  of  the  Administrator  may  seek  review  from  the  Commission.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  719(  c). 


 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.724(  a). 


 4  See  Request  for  Review  of  Decisions  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrator  by  Laurel  Hall  School, 
 Hagerstown,  Maryland,  and  Los  Angeles  Unified  School  District,  Los  Angeles,  California,  File  Nos.  SLD-  148415, 
 SLD-  153254,  Order,  DA  No.  00-  841  (rel.  April  14,  2000). 
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 additional  time  to  review  the  issues  presented.  Accordingly,  we  extend  by  an  additional  thirty 
 (30)  days  the  deadline  by  which  the  Bureau  must  take  action  regarding  Laurel  Hall’s  Letter  of 
 Appeal  of  a  decision  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  section  54.724(  a)  of  the 
 Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.724(  a),  that  the  time  period  for  taking  action  on  Laurel 
 Hall’s  Letter  of  Appeal  of  a  decision  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  IS  EXTENDED  BY 
 an  additional  thirty  (30)  days,  to  July  12,  2000. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Carol  E.  Mattey 
 Deputy  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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