*Pages 1--6 from Microsoft Word - 5844.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 21 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of ) Decisions of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) A. R. Carethers SDA School ) File No. SLD- 190535 Houston, Texas ) ) Antioch Unified School District ) File No. SLD- 139333 Antioch, California ) ) Applegate Adventist Academy ) File No. SLD- 190372 Round Rock, Texas ) ) Berean SDA School ) File No. SLD- 188641 Baton Rouge, Louisana ) ) Bethel SDA School ) File No. SLD- 190669 Texarkana, Texas ) ) Bibb County Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 26476 Macon, Georgia ) ) Broward Seventh- Day Adventist Bilingual School ) File No. SLD- 190798 Plantation, Florida ) ) Buffalo & Erie County Public Library ) File No. SLD- 137482 Buffalo, New York ) ) Calhoun County School District ) File No. SLD- 204032 Blountstown, Florida ) ) Center School District ) NEC. 471.01- 19- 00.05001519 Kansas City, Missouri ) ) Chimes School ) NEC. 471.03- 23- 00.30400005 Baltimore, Maryland ) ) Cynthiana- Harrison County Public Library ) NEC. 471.04- 26- 99.11200011 Cynthiana, Kentucky ) ) Dodge Memorial Library ) NEC. 471.12- 20- 99.25000013 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 21 2 Tamms, Illinois ) ) Emanuel Seventh- Day School ) File No. SLD- 190992 Hammond, Louisiana ) ) Ephesus Adventist Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 191177 New Orleans, Louisiana ) ) Ephesus Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 191083 West Palm Beach, Florida ) ) Evasham Township Public School District ) File No. SLD- 149003 Marlton, New Jersey ) ) Excel Adventist Academy ) File No. SLD- 191177 Missouri City, Texas ) ) Ft. Lauderdale SDA Constituency School ) File No. SLD- 191497 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida ) ) Genesee Intermediate School District ) File No. SLD- 151960 Flint, Michigan ) ) Henrico County Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 209024 Richmond, Virginia ) ) King and Queen County Public Schools ) NEC. 471.01- 19- 00.05000968 King and Queen Court House, Virginia ) ) Lac du Flambeau Public School ) File No. SLD- 202666 Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin ) ) LEAP Academy Charter School ) File No. SLD- 117869 Camden, New Jersey ) ) Los Angeles Unified School District ) File No. SLD- 198125 Los Angeles, California ) ) Marnatha Junior Academy ) File No. SLD- 191708 New Orleans, Louisiana ) ) Mt. Calvary SDA Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 191895 Tampa, Florida ) ) Naperville Community Unit School District 203 ) File No. 203343 Naperville, Illinois ) 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 21 3 ) Northside SDA Church School ) File No. SLD- 192081 Pine Bluff, Arkansas ) ) Notre Dame High School ) File No. SLD- 1322776 Riverside, California ) ) Onondaga- Cortland- Madison BOCES ) File No. SLD- 152152 Syracuse, New York ) ) Palm Beach SDA Bilingual School ) File No. SLD- 192373 Riviera Beach, Florida ) ) Ramah Junior Academy ) File No. SLD- 192645 Savannah, Georgia ) ) Richland School District ) File No. SLD- 125429 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) School District of Philadelphia ) File No. SLD- 200041 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) ) Shiloh SDA School ) File No. SLD- 192825 Little Rock, Arkansas ) ) Shiloh School ) File No. SLD- 192971 Ocala, Florida ) ) Smyrna Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 193160 Alexandria, Louisiana ) ) South Carolina Office of Information Systems ) File No. SLD- 120219 Columbia, South Carolina ) ) South West Adventist Jr. Academy ) File No. SLD- 193317 Dallas, Texas ) ) Tussey Mountain School District ) File No. SLD- 202593 Saxton, Pennsylvania ) ) Weskan Unified School District #242 ) File No. SLD- 183041 Weskan, Kansas ) ) Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service ) CC Docket No. 96- 45 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 21 4 Changes to the Board of Directors of the ) CC Docket No. 97- 21 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. ) ORDER Adopted: January 4, 2001 Released: January 5, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. The Accounting Policy 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 the decisions of SLD pursuant to section 54.719( c) of the Commission’s rules. 2 1 Request for Review By Antioch Unified School District of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed August 21, 2000; Request for Review by Henrico County Public Schools of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed August 16, 2000; Request for Review by School District of Philadelphia of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Brown, A. R. Carethers SDA School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Fernandez- Herra, Applegate Adventist Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, Filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Green, Berean SDA School, to Federal Communications Commission, Filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Hansen, Bethel SDA, to Federal Communications Commission, Filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Julie K. Christopher, Bibb County Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 15, 2000; Letter from Principal Aristide, Broward Seventh- Day Adventist Bilingual School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Kenneth H. Stone, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, filed July 11, 2000; Letter from Renee’ Harrell, Calhoun County School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 10, 2000; Letter from Bruce Rehmer, Center School District, filed July 31, 2000; Letter from Martin Lampner, the Chimes School, filed July 25, 2000; Letter from E. Susan Ellis, Cynthiana- Harrison County Public Library, filed July 25, 2000; Letter from June Cain, Dodge Memorial Library, filed July 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Bonner, Emanuel Seventh- Day School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Cox, Ephesus Adventist Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Norris, Ephesus Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Frank Summers, Evesham Township Public School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 31, 2000; Letter from Principal Cox, Excel Adventist Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Smith, Ft. Lauderdale SDA Constituency School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Lloyd A. Hamlin, King and Queen County Public Schools, filed July 12, 2000; Letter from Lloyd Strasburg, Lac du Flambeau Public School, filed August 16, 2000; Letter from Clinton Boyd, LEAP Academy Charter School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 7, 2000; Letter from Catherine Baker (E- Rate Office), Los Angeles Unified School District, filed July 13, 2000; Letter from Principal Moore, Marnatha Junior Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Jarvis, Mt. Calvary SDA Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Eric Militz, Naperville Community Unit School District 203, filed July 11, 2000; Letter from Principal Wilkins, Northside SDA Church School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Lydia Dashkovitz, Notre Dame High School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 15, 2000; Letter from Lawrence Dismore, Onondaga- Cortland- Madison BOCES, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 18, 2000; Letter from Principal Brise, Palm Beach SDA Bilingual School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Greenidge, Ramah Junior Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Paul Karas, Richland School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 17, 2000; Letter from Principal McCoy, Shiloh SDA School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal Ramnarine, Shiloh School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Principal 4 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 21 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 extended by thirty or sixty days the time period for considering these requests. The Bureau requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional thirty (30) days the deadline by which the Bureau must take action regarding the instant requests for review of decisions by SLD. 4 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 of decisions by the Schools and Libraries Division IS EXTENDED BY thirty days, to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by A. R. Carethers SDA School, Houston, Texas; to February 15, 2001, for the appeal filed by Antioch Unified School District, Antioch, California; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Applegate Adventist Academy, Round Rock, Texas; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Berean SDA School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Bethel SDA School, Texarkana, Texas; to February 9, 2001, for the appeal filed by Bibb County Public Schools, Macon, Georgia; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Broward- Seventh- Day Adventist Bilingual School, Plantation, Florida; to February 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York; to February 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by Calhoun County School District, Blountstown, Florida; to February 23, 2001, for the appeal filed by Center School District, Kansas City, Missouri, to February 9, 2001, for the appeal filed by Chimes School, Baltimore, Maryland, to February 9, 2001, for the appeal filed by Cynthiana- Harrison County Public Library, Cynthiana, Kentucky; to February 16, 2001, for the appeal filed by Dodge Memorial Library, Tamms, Illinois; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Emanuel Seventh- Day School, Hammond, Louisiana; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Ephesus Adventist Jr. Academy, New Orleans, Louisiana; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Ephesus Jr. Academy, West Palm Beach, Florida; to February 23, 2001, for the appeal filed by Evesham Township Public School District, Marlton, New Jersey; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Excel Adventist Academy, Missouri City, Texas; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Ft. Lauderdale SDA Constituency School, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; to February 16, 2001, for the appeal filed by Genesee Intermediate School District, Flint, Michigan; to February 9, 2001, for the appeal filed by Henrico County Public Schools, Richmond, Virginia; to February 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by King and Queen County Public Schools, King and Queen Court House, Virginia; to February 23, 2001, for the appeal filed by Lac du Flambeau Public School, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin; to February 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by LEAP Rhodes, Smyrna Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from R. Brian Johnson, South Carolina Office of Information Systems, filed July 12, 2000; Letter from Principal Maxwell, South West Adventist Jr. Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 25, 2000; Letter from Lisa Rankin, Tussey Mountain School District, filed July 14, 2000; Letter from Greg Robinson, Weskan Unified School District #242, filed July 17, 2000. 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). 4 47 C. F. R. † 524( a). 5 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 21 6 Academy Charter School, Camden, New Jersey; to February 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Marnatha Junior Academy, New Orleans, Louisiana; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Mt. Calvary SDA Jr. Academy, Tampa, Florida; to February 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by Naperville Community Unit School District 203, Naperville, Illinois; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Northside SDA Church School, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; to February 9, 2001, for the appeal filed by Notre Dame High School, Riverside, California; to February 15, 2001, for the appeal filed by Onondaga- Cortland- Madison Boces, Syracuse, New York; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Palm Beach SDA Bilingual School, Riviera Beach, Florida; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Ramah Junior Academy, Savannah, Georgia; to February 9, 2001, for the appeal filed by Richland School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to February 23, 2001, for the appeal filed by School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Shiloh SDA School, Little Rock, Arkansas; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Shiloh School, Ocala, Florida; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by Smyrna Jr. Academy, Alexandria, Louisiana, and; to February 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by South Carolina Office of Information Systems, Columbia, South Carolina; to February 21, 2001, for the appeal filed by South West Adventist Jr. Academy, Dallas Texas; to February 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by Tussey Mountain School District, Saxton, Pennsylvania; to February 9, 2001, for the appeal filed by Weskan Unified School District #242, Weskan, Kansas. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 6