*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 11909.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 2289 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) ACCEPT Education Collaborative ) File No. SLD- 263277 Framingham, Massachusetts ) ) Capitol Region Library Council ) File No. SLD- 262091 Windsor, Connecticut ) ) Cooperative Educational Service Agency #2 ) File No. SLD- 265173 Milton, Wisconsin ) ) East Meadow UFSD ) File No. SLD- 208882 East Meadow, New York ) ) Edgewood Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 263799 San Antonio, Texas ) ) Floyd County Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 263665 Rome, Georgia ) ) Intelenet Commission. ) File No. SLD- 267544 Indianapolis, Indiana ) ) Knowlton Township Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 236577 Delaware, New Jersey ) ) Laguna Salada Union School District ) File No. SLD- 267612 Pacifica, California ) ) Litchfield Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 266390 Litchfield, Minnesota ) ) Marmot Library Network, Inc. ) File No. SLD- 164263 Grand Junction, Colorado ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 2289 2 North Chicago Community Unit School District ) File No. SLD- 135304 Chicago, Illinois ) ) Our Lady of Loretto ) File No. SLD- 275520 Redford, Michigan ) ) Pleasantville Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 213514, 213494 Pleasantville, New Jersey ) ) Saint Martin of Tours Schools ) File No. SLD- 262800, 236577 Bronx, New York ) ) St. Mary School ) File No. SLD- 261967 East Dubuque, Illinois ) ) St. Mary’s School ) File No. SLD- 211846, 217958 Manchester, Iowa ) ) Taft Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 239904 Taft, Texas ) ) Town of North Providence School Department ) File No. SLD- 230703 North Providence, Rhode Island ) ) Union County Schools ) File No. SLD- 263728 Maynardville, Tennessee ) ) Watervliet School District ) File No. SLD- 275615 Watervliet, New York ) ) 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: October 3, 2001 Released: October 4, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 2289 3 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 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 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 December 28, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by ACCEPT Education Collaborative, Framingham, Massachusetts; to December 10, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Capitol Region Library Council, Windsor, Connecticut; to December 21, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Cooperative Educational Service Agency #2, Milton, Wisconsin; to December 11, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by East Meadow UFSD, East Meadow, New York; to December 21, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Edgewood Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas; to December 21, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Floyd County Board of Education, Rome, Georgia; to December 14, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Intelenet Commission, Indianapolis, Indiana; to December 26, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Knowlton Township Board of Education, Delaware, New Jersey; to December 26, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Laguna Salada Union School District, Pacifica, California; to December 7, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Litchfield Public Schools, Litchfield, Minnesota; to December 18, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Marmot Library 1 Letter from Michael J. Palladino, ACCEPT Education Collaborative, filed July 31, 2001; Letter from Kenneth Sutton, Capitol Region Library Council, filed July 13, 2001; Letter from Sharon Webb, Cooperative Educational Service Agency #2, filed July 24, 2001; Letter from Winston E. Himsworth, East Meadow UFSD, filed July 16, 2001; Letter from David Ochoa, Edgewood Independent School District, filed July 24, 2001; Letter from Jerry Gatlin, Floyd County Board of Education, filed July 24, 2001; Letter from Bob G. Carnal, Ed. D., Intelenet Commission, filed July 17, 2001. Letter from Eva Kunz, Knowlton Township Board of Education , filed July 30, 2001 ; Letter from Josephine Peterson, Laguna Salada Union School District, filed July 30, 2001; Letter from Todd Swanson, Litchfield Public Schools, filed July 11, 2001; Letter from Donald E. Moeny, Marmot Library Network, Inc., filed July 23, 2001; Letter from Tyrone Pipkin, North Chicago Community Unit School District, filed July 13, 2001; Letter from Lynne Wendt, Our Lady of Loretto, filed July 11, 2001; Letter from Addison Williams, Pleasantville Public Schools, filed July 11, 2001; Letter from Sister Nora McArt, Saint Mary of Tours School, filed July 30, 2001; Letter from Mary Nauman, St. Mary School, filed July 16, 2001; Letter from Joe Bearns, St. Mary’s School, filed August 2, 2001; Letter from Don Madden, Taft Independent School District, filed July 2, 2001; Letter from Wayne E. Riendeau, Town of North Providence School Department, filed July 31, 2001; Letter from Wayne Goforth, Union County Board of Education, filed July 23, 2001; Letter from John P. Heid, Watervliet School District, filed July 23, 2001. 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). 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 2289 4 Network, Inc., Grand Junction, Colorado; to December 10, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by North Chicago Community Unit School District, Chicago, Illinois; to December 7, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Our Lady of Loretto, Redford, Michigan; to December 7, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Pleasantville Public Schools, Pleasantville, New Jersey; to December 26, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Saint Martin of Tours School, Bronx, New York; to December 11, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by St. Mary School, East Dubuque, Illinois; to December 31, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by St. Mary’s School, Manchester, Iowa; to December 7, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Taft Independent School District, Taft, Texas; to December 28, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Town of North Providence School Department, North Providence, Rhode Island; to December 18, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Union County Schools, Maynardville, Tennessee to December 18, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Watervliet School District, Watervliet, New York. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 4