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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1823 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  )  Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  )  ) 
 Kerman  Unified  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  141901  Kerman,  California  ) 
 )  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:  August  10,  2000  Released:  August  11,  2000 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division: 
 1.  This  Order  dismisses  the  Letter  of  Appeal  of  the  Kerman  Unified  School  District  (Kerman),  Kerman,  California,  seeking  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the  Universal  Service 
 Administrative  Company’s  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  on  April  3,  2000.  1  The  Commission  received  Kerman’s  Letter  of  Appeal  on  May  17,  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  Larry  Teixeira, 
 Kerman  Unified  School  District,  dated  April  3,  2000. 
 2  Letter  from  Larry  Teixeira,  Kerman  Unified  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  May 
 17,  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  May  17,  2000,  by  Kerman  Unified  School  District,  Kerman,  California,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Sharon  L.  Webber  Deputy  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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