*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 5845.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 22 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of ) Decisions of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Bibb County School District ) File No. SLD- 149558 Centreville, Alabama ) ) Central Minnesota Computing Center ) File No. SLD- 143701 St. Cloud, Minnesota ) ) Children’s Village Academy ) File No. SLD- 204351 Kinston, North Carolina ) ) Clackamas Education Service District ) File Nos. SLD- 143605, 143609, Marylhurst, Oregon ) 143640,145618, 147531, 147532, ) 147541 ) Daingerfield- Lone Star Independent ) File No. SLD- 174390 School District ) Daingerfield, Texas ) ) Highway Christian Academy ) File No. SLD- 201888 New York, New York ) ) Maine School Union #90/ Alton Elementary ) File No. SLD- 183978 Milford, Maine ) ) Massachusetts Department of Education ) File No. SLD- 149217 Malden, Massachusetts ) ) Project Interconnect ) File No. SLD- 146854, 146858 St. Paul, Minnesota ) ) Puerto Rico Department of Education ) File No. SLD- 149802 San Juan, Puerto Rico ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 22 2 Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service ) CC Docket No. 96- 45 ) 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 decisions issued by SLD 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 SLD. 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 sixty days from the original ninety- day deadline, to March 9, 2001, for the appeal filed by Bibb County School District, Centreville, Alabama; to March 12, 2001,for the appeal filed by 1 Request for Review By Bibb County School District of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed October 10, 2000; Request for Review by Central Minnesota Computing Center of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed October 13, 2000; Request for Review by Clackamas Education Service District of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed October 13, 2000; Request for Review by Daingerfield- Lone Star Independent School District of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed October 13, 2000; Request for Review by Massachusetts Department of Education of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed October 5, 2000; Request for Review by Project Interconnect of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed October 16, 2000; Request for Expedited Review by Puerto Rico Department of Education of Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, filed October 11, 2000; Letter from Benita Parker, Children’s Village Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed November 6, 2000; Letter from Darren Page, Highway Christian Academy, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 30, 2000; Letter from Pamela Kimball and A. Keith Ober, Maine School Union #90/ Alton Elementary, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 4, 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). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 22 3 Central Minnesota Computing Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota; to March 26, 2001, for the appeal filed by Children’s Village Academy, Kinston, North Carolina; to March 12, 2001, for the appeal filed by Clackamas Education Service District, Marylhurst, Oregon; to March 12, 2001, for the appeal filed by Daingerfield- Lone Star Independent School District, Daingerfield, Texas; to March 27, 2001, for the appeal filed by Highway Christian Academy, New York, New York; to March 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by Maine School Union #9/ Alton Elementary, Milford, Maine; to March 2, 2001, for the appeal filed by Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden, Massachusetts; to March 13, 2001, for the appeal filed by Project Interconnect, St. Paul, Minnesota; to March 9, 2001, for the appeal filed by Puerto Rico Department of Education, San Juan, Puerto Rico. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 3