*Pages 1--5 from Microsoft Word - 4568.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2453 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of ) Decisions of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) A. R. Carethers SDA School ) File No. SLD- 190535 Houston, Texas ) ) Antioch Unified School District ) File No. SLD- 139333 Antioch, California ) ) Applegate Adventist Academy ) File No. SLD- 190372 Round Rock, Texas ) ) Berean SDA School ) File No. SLD- 188641 Baton Rouge, Louisana ) ) Bethel SDA School ) File No. SLD- 190669 Texarkana, Texas ) ) Bibb County Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 26476 Macon, Georgia ) ) Big Rapids Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 178401 Big Rapids, Michigan ) ) Broward Seventh- Day Adventist Bilingual School ) File No. SLD- 190798 Plantation, Florida ) ) Calhoun County School District ) File No. SLD- 204032 Blountstown, Florida ) ) Emanuel Seventh- Day School ) File No. SLD- 190992 Hammond, Louisiana ) ) Ephesus Adventist Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 191177 New Orleans, Louisiana ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2453 2 Ephesus Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 191083 West Palm Beach, Florida ) ) Evasham Township Public School District ) File No. SLD- 149003 Marlton, New Jersey ) ) Excel Adventist Academy ) File No. SLD- 191177 Missouri City, Texas ) ) Ft. Lauderdale SDA Constituency School ) File No. SLD- 191497 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida ) ) Girard City School District ) File No. SLD- 165958 Girard, Ohio ) ) Henrico County Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 209024 Richmond, Virginia ) ) LEAP Academy Charter School ) File No. SLD- 117869 Camden, New Jersey ) ) Marnatha Junior Academy ) File No. SLD- 191708 New Orleans, Louisiana ) ) Mobile County Public School System ) File No. SLD- 141099 Mobile, Alabama ) ) Mt. Calvary SDA Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 191895 Tampa, Florida ) ) Northside SDA Church School ) File No. SLD- 192081 Pine Bluff, Arkansas ) ) Notre Dame High School ) File No. SLD- 1322776 Riverside, California ) ) Onondaga- Cortland- Madison BOCES ) File No. SLD- 152152 Syracuse, New York ) ) Palm Beach SDA Bilingual School ) File No. SLD- 192373 Riviera Beach, Florida ) Richland School District ) File No. SLD- 125429 Cleveland, Ohio ) 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2453 3 ) School District of Philadelphia ) File No. SLD- 200041 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) ) Shiloh SDA School ) File No. SLD- 192825 Little Rock, Arkansas ) ) Shiloh School ) File No. SLD- 192971 Ocala, Florida ) ) Smyrna Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 193160 Alexandria, Louisiana ) ) South West Adventist Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 193317 Dallas, Texas ) ) Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service ) CC Docket No. 96- 45 ) Changes to the Board of Directors of the ) CC Docket No. 97- 21 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. ) ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. The Accounting Policy Division (Division) has under consideration the above-captioned requests for review of decisions issued by the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator). 1 These requests seek review of 1 Request for Review By Antioch Unified School District of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed August 21, 2000; Request for Review by Henrico County Public Schools of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed August 16, 2000; Request for Review by School District of Philadelphia of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Brown, A. R. Carethers SDA School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Fernandez- Herrera, Applegate Adventist Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Green, Berean SDA School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Hansen, Bethel SDA, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Julie K. Christopher, Bibb County Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 15, 2000; Letter from Joseph A. Bouman, Big Rapids Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 4, 2000; Letter from Principal Aristide, Broward Seventh- Day Adventist Bilingual School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Renee’ Harrell, Calhoun County School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 10, 2000; Letter from Principal Bonner, Emanuel Seventh- Day School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Cox, Ephesus Adventist Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Norris, Ephesus Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Frank Summers, Evesham Township 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2453 4 decisions issued by the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator). 2 2. The Commission’s rules provide that the Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) must issue a decision resolving a request for review of matters properly before it within ninety days unless the time period is extended. 3 The Bureau requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional sixty (60) days the deadline by which the Bureau must take action regarding the instant requests for review of decisions 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 in the above-captioned requests for review of decisions by the Schools and Libraries Division IS EXTENDED BY sixty days from the original ninety- day deadline, to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by A. R. Carethers SDA School, Houston, Texas; to January 16, 2001, for the appeal filed by Antioch Unified School District, Antioch, California; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Applegate Adventist Academy, Round Rock, Texas; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Berean SDA School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Bethel SDA School, Texarkana, Texas; to January 12, 2001, for the appeal filed by Bibb County Public Schools, Macon, Georgia; to January 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by Big Rapids Public Schools, Big Rapids, Michigan; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Broward- Seventh- Day Adventist Bilingual School, Plantation, Florida; to January 5, 2001, for the appeal filed by Calhoun County School District, Blountstown, Florida; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed Public School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 31, 2000; Letter from Principal Cox, Excel Adventist Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Smith, Ft. Lauderdale SDA Constituency School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Anthony D’Ambrosio, Girard City School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 24, 2000; Letter from Charles Stallard, Henrico County Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 16, 2000; Letter from Clinton Boyd, LEAP Academy Charter School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 7, 2000; Letter from Principal Moore, Marnatha Junior Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Margaret Blake, Mobile County Public School System, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 3, 2000; Letter from Principal Jarvis, Mt. Calvary SDA Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Wilkins, Northside SDA Church School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Lydia Dashkovitz, Notre Dame High School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 15, 2000; Letter from Lawrence Dismore, Onondaga- Cortland- Madison BOCES, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 18, 2000; Letter from Principal Brise, Palm Beach SDA Bilingual School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Greenidge, Ramah Junior Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Paul Karas, Richland School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 17, 2000; Letter from Principal McCoy, Shiloh SDA School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Ramnarine, Shiloh School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Rhodes, Smyrna Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Maxwell, South West Adventist Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000. 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 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2453 5 by Emanuel Seventh- Day School, Hammond, Louisiana; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Ephesus Adventist Jr. Academy, New Orleans, Louisiana; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Ephesus Jr. Academy, West Palm Beach, Florida; to January 26, 2001, for the appeal filed by Evesham Township Public School District, Marlton, New Jersey; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Excel Adventist Academy, Missouri City, Texas; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Ft. Lauderdale SDA Constituency School, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; to January 19, 2001, for the appeal filed by Girard City School District, Girard, Ohio; to January 12, 2001, for the appeal filed by Henrico County Public Schools, Richmond, Virginia; to January 5, 2001, for the appeal filed by LEAP Academy Charter School, Camden, New Jersey; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Marnatha Junior Academy, New Orleans, Louisiana; to December 29, 2000, for the appeal filed by Mobile County Public School System, Mobile, Alabama; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Mt. Calvary SDA Jr. Academy, Tampa, Florida; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Northside SDA Church School, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; to January 12, 2001, for the appeal filed by Notre Dame High School, Riverside, California; to January 16, 2001, for the appeal filed by Onondaga- Cortland- Madison Boces, Syracuse, New York; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Palm Beach SDA Bilingual School, Riviera Beach, Florida; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Ramah Junior Academy, Savannah, Georgia; to January 12, 2001, for the appeal filed by Richland School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to January 24, 2001, for the appeal filed by School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Shiloh SDA School, Little Rock, Arkansas; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Shiloh School, Ocala, Florida; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by Smyrna Jr. Academy, Alexandria, Louisiana, and; to January 22, 2001, for the appeal filed by South West Adventist Jr. Academy, Dallas Texas. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 5