*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 6366.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 205 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Pluralistic School ) File No. SLD- 178975 Santa Monica, 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: January 26, 2001 Released: January 29, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed by Pluralistic School (Pluralistic), Santa Monica, California, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on June 14, 2000. 1 The Commission received Pluralistic’s Letter of Appeal on December 13, 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 Kathleen Lenihan, Pluralistic School, dated June 14, 2000. 2 Letter from Margaret Reeve, to Federal Communications Commission, filed December 13, 2000 (Letter of Appeal). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 205 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 December 13, 2000, by Pluralistic School, Santa Monica, California, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2