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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  145 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
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 Colchester  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  139561 
 Colchester,  Vermont  ) 
 ) 
 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  22,  2001  Released:  January  23,  2001 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Accounting  Policy  Division  has  under  consideration  a  Letter  of  Appeal  filed 
 by  Colchester  School  District  (Colchester),  Colchester,  Vermont,  on  November  14,  2000.  1  In  its 
 Letter  of  Appeal,  Colchester  seeks  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries 
 Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator)  on  October 
 24,  2000.  Prior  to  the  time  that  Colchester  filed  its  appeal  with  the  Commission,  it  filed  a  Letter 
 of  Appeal  with  the  Administrator.  2  For  the  reasons  set  forth  below,  we  dismiss  Colchester’s 
 Letter  of  Appeal  to  the  Commission  without  prejudice. 


 2.  The  Commission's  rules  regarding  appeals  of  SLD  decisions  do  not  contemplate 
 simultaneous  appeals  to  the  Commission  and  the  Administrator.  3  In  this  case,  because 
 Colchester  has  an  appeal  pending  before  the  Administrator,  we  dismiss  Colchester’s  Letter  of 
 Appeal  to  the  Commission  without  prejudice.  Once  the  Administrator  has  issued  its  decision  on 


 1  See  Letter  of  Appeal  from  John  C.  Gifford,  Colchester  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission, 
 filed  November  13,  2000. 
 2  See  Letter  of  Appeal  from  John  C.  Gifford,  Colchester  School  District,  to  Schools  and  Libraries  Division, 
 Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  filed  November  6,  2000. 
 3  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  720  (allowing  appeals  to  either  the  Commission  or  the  Administrator,  but  tolling  the  filing 
 period  with  the  Commission,  when  an  applicant  has  an  appeal  pending  with  the  Administrator,  until  the 
 Administrator  issues  a  decision  on  the  appeal). 
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 Colchester’s  initial  appeal,  Colchester  may  then  appeal  to  the  Commission  if  it  believes  such 
 appeal  is  warranted  at  that  time.  4 


 3.  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  by  Colchester  School  District,  Colchester,  Vermont,  IS 
 DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREJUDICE. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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


 4  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  54.  719  –  54.  725  (setting  forth  rights  of  review,  filing  deadlines,  standards  of  review,  and  other 
 rules  pertaining  to  Commission  review  of  the  Administrator’s  decisions). 
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