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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  42 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 Denison  Independent  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  38072 
 Denison,  Texas  ) 
 ) 
 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:  January  10,  2000  Released:  January  11,  2000 
 By  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  This  Order  dismisses  the  Letter  of  Appeal  of  the  Denison  Independent  School  District 
 of  Denison,  Texas  that  was  received  by  the  Commission  on  June  28,  1999,  which  seeks  review 
 of  the  Administrator's  Decision  on  Appeal,  dated  May  11,  1999.  Under  section  54.720  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.720,  any  such  appeal  must  be  filed  within  30  days  of  the 
 issuance  of  the  decision  as  to  which  review  is  sought.  Documents  are  considered  to  be  filed  with 
 the  Commission  only  upon  receipt.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  7.  Because  the  instant  Letter  of  Appeal  was 
 not  filed  within  the  specified  30-  day  period,  it  will  be  dismissed  without  further  consideration. 


 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  June  28,  1999  by  the  Denison  Independent  School  District  IS 
 DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Yog  R.  Varma 
 Deputy  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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