*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 10345.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1718 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Pomona Unified School District ) File No. SLD- 208452 Pomona, California ) ) 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: July 18, 2001 Released: July 19, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. The Accounting Policy Division has under consideration a Request for Review filed by Pomona Unified School District (Pomona), Pomona, California, seeking review of a decision issued by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator). 1 Pomona seeks review of SLD’s dismissal of its appeals to SLD on the grounds that they were untimely filed. For the reasons set forth below, we deny Pomona’s Request for Review. 2. SLD issued a Funding Commitment Decision Letter on April 27, 2001, denying Pomona’s request for discounted services under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism. 2 Specifically, SLD denied Pomona’s request for discounts for internal connections, Funding Request Numbers (FRNs) 476986, 476987, 476988, and 476993. On May 30, 2001, Pomona filed three appeals, which challenged SLD’s decision to deny FRNs 476986, 476987, 476988, and 476993. 3 On May 30, 2001, SLD issued an Administrator's Decision on Appeal indicating that it would not consider Pomona’s appeals because they were received more 1 Letter from David Jaramillo, Pomona Unified School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed July 2, 2001. 2 Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to David Jaramillo, Pomona Unified School District, dated April 27, 2001. 3 Letters from David Jaramillo, Pomona Unified School District, to Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, filed May 30, 2001. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1718 2 than 30 days after the Funding Commitment Decision Letter was issued. 4 Pomona subsequently filed the instant Request for Review with the Commission. 3. Under section 54.720 of the Commission’s rules, an appeal must be filed with the Commission or SLD within 30 days of the issuance of the decision as to which review is sought. 5 Documents are considered to be filed with the Commission or SLD only upon receipt. 6 The 30- day deadline contained in section 54.720 of the Commission’s rules applies to all requests for review filed by a party affected by a decision issued by the Administrator. Because Pomona failed to file its appeals of the April 27, 2001 Funding Commitment Decision Letter within the requisite 30- day appeal period, we affirm SLD’s decision to dismiss Pomona’s appeals to SLD as untimely and deny the instant Request for Review. 4. 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 Request for Review filed by Pomona Unified School District, Pomona, California on July 2, 2001, IS DENIED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 4 Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to David Jaramillo, Pomona Unified School District, dated June 1, 2001. 5 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 6 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 2