*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 4569.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2454 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of ) Decisions of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Austin Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 142935 Austin, Texas ) ) Bacon County School District ) File No. SLD- 172671 Alma, Georgia ) ) Cotulla Independentt School District ) File No. SLD- 150101 Cotulla, Texas ) ) Dekalb County School System ) File No. SLD- 153570 Decatur, Georgia ) ) Delano Union School District ) File No. SLD- 124472 Delano, California ) ) Educational Consortium for Lakeside ) File No. SLD- 118452 Youth Services ) Newton, Pennsylvania ) ) Henderson Free Library ) File No. SLD- 135248 Henderson, New York ) ) Lake County Schools ) File No. SLD- 200217 Tavares, Florida ) File No. SLD- 2002173 ) Mercer County School District ) File No. SLD- 160177 Princeton, West Virginia ) ) Miami- Dade County Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 200412 Miami, Florida ) ) Parrottsville Community Library ) File No. SLD- 207483 Parrottsville, Tennesse ) ) Petersburg Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 147805 Petersburg, Virginia ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2454 2 ) Ritchie County Schools ) File No. SLD- 200227 Harrisville, West Virginia ) ) Shawnee Library System ) File No. SLD- 147437 Carterville, Illinois ) ) Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School ) File No. SLD- 149993 San Diego, California ) ) Somerton School District No. 11 ) File No. SLD- 148778 Somerton, Arizona ) File No. SLD- 153064 ) Tomahawk School District ) File No. SLD- 183249 Tomahawk, Wisconsin ) ) Torah High School of Long Beach ) File No. SLD- 137640 Long Beach, New York ) ) Wells Public Library ) File No. SLD- 144481 Wells, Maine ) ) West Shore Community College ) File No. SLD- 74627 Scottsville, Michigan ) ) 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: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. The Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) 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 decisions 1 Letter from Pascal D. Forgione, Austin Independent School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed, June 13, 2000; Letter from Shane Bennett, Bacon County School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 9, 2000; Letter from John Ristaino, Cotulla Independent Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 14, 2000; Letter from Bette M. Swilley, Dekalb County School System, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 22, 2000; Letter from Ronald A. Garcia, Delano Union School 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2454 3 issued by the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator). 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 unless the time period is extended. 3 The Bureau extended by sixty days the time period for considering the requests for review. 4 The Bureau requires 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 the instant requests for review of decisions by the Schools and Libraries Division. 5 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 thirty days to December 8, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Austin Independent School District, Austin, Texas; to December 1, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Bacon County School District, Alma, Georgia; to December 8, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Cotulla Independent School District, Cotulla, Texas; to December 15, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Dekalb County School System, Decatur, Georgia; to December 6, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Delano Union School District, Delano, California; to December 15, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Educational Consortium for Lakeside Youth Services, Newton, Pennsylvania; to December 7, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Henderson Free Library, Henderson, New York; to December 14, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Lake County District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 9, 2000; Letter from Ronald K. MacClay, Educational Consortium for Lakeside Youth Services, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 22, 2000; Letter from Yvonne Reff, Henderson Free Library, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 12, 2000; Letter from David Coggshall, Lake County Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 19, 2000; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mercer County School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 7, 2000; Letter from Dr. Anthony D. Machado, Miami- Dade County Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 7, 2000; Letter from Judy Myers, Parrottsville Community Library, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 16, 2000; Letter from Herbert H. Morris, Petersburg City Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 6, 2000; Letter from Deanna N. Poole Ammons, Ritchie County Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 8, 2000; Letter from Jeanette M. Halldorson, Shawnee Library System, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 7, 2000; Letter from Rabbi Simcha Weiser, Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 9, 2000; Letters from Robert W. Cassidy, Somerton School District No. 11, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 12, 2000 and June 22, 2000; Letter from Lin Kautza, Tomahawk School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 26, 2000; Letter from Shlomo Lesin, Torah High School of Long Beach, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 27, 2000; Letter from Sandra Broomfield, Wells Public Library, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 9, 2000; Letter from Deborah Luskin, West Shore Community College, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 20, 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 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Acadia Parish School District et al., CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, Order, DA 00- 2008 (rel. September 5, 2000). 5 47 C. F. R. § 524( a). 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2454 4 Schools, Tavares , Florida; to December 11, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Mercer County School District, Princeton, West Virginia; to December 1, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Miami- Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Florida; to December 13, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Parrottsville Community Library, Parrottsville, Tennessee; to December 1, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Petersburg Public Schools, Petersburg, Virginia; to December 1, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Ritchie County Schools, Harrisville, West Virginia; to December 1, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Shawnee Library System, Carterville, Illinois; to December 6, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, San Diego, California; to December 7, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Somerton School District No. 11, Somerton, Arizona; to December 15, 2000, for the Second Letter of Appeal filed by Somerton School District No. 11, Somerton, Arizona; to December 21, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Tomahawk School District, Tomahawk, Wisconsin; to December 22, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Torah High School of Long Beach, Long Beach, New York; to December 6, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Wells Public Library, Wells, Maine; and to December 15, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal filed by West Shore Community College, Scottsville, Michigan. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 4