*Pages 1--7 from Microsoft Word - 10585.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1807 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Centerville School District ) File No. SLD- 199778 Centerville, South Dakota ) ) Children’s Home Society ) File No. SLD- 183026 Sioux Falls, South Dakota ) ) Columbia Heights Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 202359 Columbia Heights, Minnesota ) ) Crenshaw County Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 187227 Luverne, Alabama ) ) Flagler County School District ) File No. SLD- 180015 Bunnell, Florida ) ) General Communications, Inc. ) Anchorage, Alaska ) ) Genesis Catholic Elementary School ) File No. SLD- 204990 Detroit, Michigan ) ) GV/ WFL BOCES Educational Technology ) File No. SLD- 200390 Service ) Newark, New York ) ) Horseheads Central School District ) File No. SLD- 201837 Syracuse, New York ) ) Houston Independent School District ) File No. SLD203737 Houston, Texas ) ) Indiana Intelenet Commission ) File No. SLD- 201561 Indianapolis, Indiana ) ) Kalamazoo Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 164612 Kalamazoo, Michigan ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1807 2 Lake County School District (Beverly Shores ) File No. SLD- 200217 Elementary School) ) Tavares, Florida ) ) Lake County School District (Eustis Elementary ) File No. SLD- 200237 School) ) Tavares, Florida ) ) Lower Yukon School District ) File No. SLD- 171398 Mountain Village, Alaska ) ) Milford School District ) File No. SLD- 198352 Dover, Delaware ) ) National School Conference Institute ) File No. SLD- 71021 Phoenix, Arizona ) ) Nelson County Public Library ) File No. SLD- 172129 Bardstown, Kentucky ) ) Newton Community School District ) File No. SLD- 165225 Newton, Iowa ) ) New York Military Academy ) File No. SLD- 191951 Cornwall- on- Hudson, New York ) ) North Andrew School District R- VI ) File No. SLD- 230610 Rosendale, Missouri ) ) North East Independent School ) File No. SLD- 190816 San Antonio, Texas ) ) Northeastern Iowa Regional Library System ) File No. SLD- 187440, 185751 (Nashua Public Library, Hudson Public Library) ) Waterloo, Iowa ) ) Northern Waters Library Service ) File No. SLD- 182024 Ashland, Wisconsin ) ) Pearl River School District ) File No. SLD- 206406 Pearl River, New York ) ) Pope Blanche Elementary School ) File No. SLD- 200168 Waimonalo, Hawaii ) ) 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1807 3 Preston Town County Library ) File No. SLD- 197972 Hot Springs, Montana ) ) Rochester Public Library ) File No. SLD- 156399 Rochester, New York ) ) Saint Mary School ) File No. SLD- 177446 Putnam, Connecticut ) ) Salina Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 170607 Salina, Oklahoma ) ) Saranac Central School District ) File No. SLD- 263157 Saranac, New York ) ) South Carolina Budget and Board Control Office ) File No. SLD- 265470 of Information Resources ) Columbia, South Carolina ) ) Superintendent of Schools (East Grand School) ) File No. SLD- 160387 Danforth, Maine ) ) Valliant Independent School District 11 ) File No. SLD- 172607 Ada, Oklahoma ) ) Virginia Department of Education ) File No. SLD- 163045 Richmond, Virginia ) ) Volusia County Schools ) File No. SLD- 203531 DeLand, Florida ) ) Washington Local School District ) File No. SLD- 203649 Toledo, Ohio ) ) Washington Parish School District ) File No. SLD- 165930 Franklin, Louisana ) ) Yeshiva of Brooklyn ) File No. SLD- 202940 Brooklyn, New York ) ) Federal- State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96- 45 Universal Service ) 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1807 4 Changes to the Board of Directors of the ) CC Docket No. 97- 21 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. ) ORDER Adopted: July 30, 2001 Released: July 31, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. The Accounting Policy Division (Division) has under consideration the above-captioned Requests for Review of decisions issued by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company. 1 These requests seek review of SLD decisions pursuant to section 54.719( c) of the Commission’s rules. 2 1 Letter from, Doug Voss, Centerville School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 9, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Michael Madigan, Children’s Home Society to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 21, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Denise Mergens, Columbia Heights Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 26, 2001( Request for Review), Letter from, Reba Mason , Crenshaw County Public Schools to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 16, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Louise Hurd, Flagler County School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed May 1, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Tina M. Pidgeon , General Communications, Inc. to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 29, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Carol A. Smith, Genesis Catholic Elementary School to Federal Communications Commission, April 13, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Camille Sorenson, GV/ WFL BOCES Educational Technology Service to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 26, 2001( Request for Review), Letter from, Shari Dwyer, Horseheads Central School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 23, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Orin R. Heend Houston Independent School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 18, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Bob G. Carnal, Ed. D, Indiana Intelenet Commission to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 16, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Gary Start, Kalamazoo Public Schools to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 9, 2001( Request for Review), Letter from, David Coggshall, Lake County School District (Beverly Shores Elementary School) to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 20, 2001( Request for Review), Letter from, David Coggshall, Lake County School District (Eustis Elementary School) to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 13, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, , to Federal Communications Commission, filed (Request for Review), Letter from, Ray Griffith, Lower Yukon School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 18, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Kay R. Buck, Milford School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 28, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from Jerry George, National School Conference Institute to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 27, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Irene H. Underwood, Nelson County Public Library to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 26, 2001 (Request for Review), 4 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1807 5 2. The Commission’s rules provide that the Common Carrier Bureau (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 requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional sixty (60) days the deadline by which the Letter from, Jim Pedersen, Newton Community School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 6, 2001( Request for Review), Letter from, Donald J. Schwegler, Ed. D, New York Military Academy to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 30, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Mike Newman, North Andrew School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 4, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Steve Emilienburg, North East Independent School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 26, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Kenneth M. Davenport , North Eastern Iowa Regional Library to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 12, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Jay Moynihan , Northern Waters Library Service to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 12, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Ben R. Carosi, Pearl River School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 30, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Les Goto, Pope Blanche Elementary School to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 25, 2001( Request for Review), Letter from, Jean Patton, Preston Town County Library to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 6, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Richard Panz, Rochester Public Library to Federal Communications Commission, filed May 2, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Phyllis A. Hickey, Saint Mary School to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 22, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Vol Woods, Salina Public Schools to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 11, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Larry Garrow, Saranac Central School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 26, 2001( Request for Review), Letter from, R. Brian Johnson, South Carolina Budget and Control Board Office of Information Resources to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 20, 2001( Request for Review), Letter from, William T. Dobbins, Superintendent of Schools to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 16, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Debi Sovereign, Valliant Independent School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 20, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Lan Neugent, Virginia Department of Education to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 16, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Billy W. Tindall , Volusia County Schools to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 16, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, David L. Bringman, Washington Local Schools to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 20, 2001( Request for Review), Letter from, Rebecca Kemp, Washington Parish School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 26, 2001 (Request for Review), Letter from, Heshy Arem, Yeshiva of Brooklyn to Federal Communications Commission, filed April 10, 2001 (Request for Review). 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). 5 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1807 6 Bureau must take action regarding the instant Requests for Review of decisions by the Schools and Libraries Division. 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 IS EXTENDED BY an additional sixty days to September 4, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Centerville School District, Centerville, South Dakota; to August 17, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Children’s Home Society, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; to September 24, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Columbia Heights Public Schools, Columbia Heights, Minnesota; to September 11, 2001 , for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Crenshaw County Public Schools, Luverne, Alabama; to September 28, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Flagler County School District, Bunnell, Florida; to August 28, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, General Communications, Inc, Anchorage, Alaska; to September 10, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Genesis Catholic Elementary School, Detroit, Michigan; to August 21, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, GV/ WFL BOCES Educational Technology Service, Newark, New York; to August 17, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Horseheads Central School District, Syracuse, New York; to September 14, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Houston Independent School District , Houston, Texas; to September 11, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Indiana Intelenet Commission, Indianapolis, Indiana; to September 4, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Kalamazoo Public Schools, Kalamazoo, Michigan; to July 30, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Kansas Independent School District, Kansas, Oklahoma; to August 17, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Lake County School District (Beverly Shores Elementary School), Tavares, Florida; to September 10, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Lake County School District (Eustis Elementary School), Tavares, Florida; to September 17, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Lower Yukon School District, Mountain Village, Alaska; to August 25, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Milford School District, Dover, Delaware; to August 24, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, National School Conference Institute, Phoenix, Arizona ; to August 21, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Nelson County Public Library, Bardstown, Kentucky; to August 3, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Newton Community School District, Newton, Iowa; to September 28, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, New York Military Academy, Cornwall- on- Hudson, New York; to September 4, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, North Andrew School District R- VI, Rosendale, Missouri; to September 24, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, North East Independent School, San Antonio, Texas; to September 10, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Northeastern Iowa Regional Library System, Waterloo, Iowa; to September 10, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Northern Waters Library Service, Ashland, Wisconsin; to September 28, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Pearl River School District, Pearl River, New York; to September 21, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Pope Blanche Elementary School, Waimonalo, Hawaii; to September 4, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Preston Town County Library, Hot Springs, Montana; to September 29, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, New York; to August 20, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Saint Mary School, Putnam, Connecticut; to September 7, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Salina Public Schools, Salina, Oklahoma; to September 24, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Saranac Central School District, Saranac, New York; to September 17, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, South Carolina Budget and Board Control Office of Information Resources, Columbia, South Carolina; to August 13, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Superintendent of Schools, Danforth, Maine; to September 17, 2001, for the Letter of 6 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1807 7 Appeal filed by, Valliant Independent School District, Ada, Oklahoma; to September 11, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Virginia Department of Education, Richmond, Virginia; to September 11, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Volusia County Schools, DeLand, Florida; to September 17, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Washington Local School District, Toledo, Ohio; to August 21, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Washington Parish School District, Franklin, Louisiana; to September 7, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Yeshiva of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 7