*Pages 1--2 from  Microsoft Word - 5038.doc*
 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2652 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 James  Ward  Elementary  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  135780 
 Chicago,  Illinois  ) 
 ) 
 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:  November  28,  2000  Released:  November  29,  2000 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  This  Order  dismisses  the  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  by  James  Ward  Elementary  School 
 (James  Ward),  Chicago,  Illinois,  seeking  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the  Universal  Service 
 Administrative  Company’s  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  on  May  2,  2000.  1  The  Commission 
 received  James  Ward’s  Letter  of  Appeal  on  September  8,  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  Kline,  James 
 Ward  Elementary  School,  dated  May  2,  2000. 
 2  Letter  from  Larry  Kline,  James  Ward  Elementary  School,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed 
 September  8,  2000  (Letter  of  Appeal). 
 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  720. 


 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.7. 
1
 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2652 
 2 
 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  September  8,  2000,  by  James  Ward  Elementary  School,  Chicago, 
 Illinois,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Mark  G.  Seifert 
 Deputy  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 
2