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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  463 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 Los  Angeles  Unified  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  198125 
 Los  Angeles,  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:  February  21,  2001  Released:  February  22,  2001 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Accounting  Policy  Division  has  under  consideration  a  Request  for  Review 
 filed  by  Los  Angeles  Unified  School  District  (Los  Angeles  Unified),  Los  Angeles,  California,  on 
 July  13,  2000.  1  In  its  Request  for  Review,  Los  Angeles  Unified  seeks  review  of  a  decision 
 issued  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative 
 Company  (Administrator)  on  June  30,  2000.  2  At  the  same  time  that  Los  Angeles  Unified  filed  its 
 request  with  the  Commission,  it  filed  a  Request  for  Review  with  the  Administrator.  3  For  the 
 reasons  set  forth  below,  we  dismiss  Los  Angeles  Unified’s  Request  for  Review  to  the 
 Commission  without  prejudice. 


 1  Letter  from  Catherine  Banker,  Los  Angeles  Unified  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed 
 July  13,  2000  (Request  for  Review). 
 2  See  Letter  from  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Catherine  Banker, 
 Los  Angeles  Unified  School  District,  dated  June  30,  2000  (Funding  Commitment  Decision  Letter). 
 3  Letter  from  Catherine  Banker,  Los  Angeles  Unified  School  District,  to  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal 
 Service  Administrative  Company,  filed  July  13,  2000. 
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 2.  The  Commission's  rules  regarding  appeals  of  SLD  decisions  do  not  contemplate 
 simultaneous  requests  to  the  Commission  and  the  Administrator.  4  In  this  case,  because  Los 
 Angeles  Unified  has  a  request  pending  before  the  Administrator,  we  dismiss  Los  Angeles 
 Unified’s  Request  for  Review  to  the  Commission  without  prejudice.  Once  the  Administrator  has 
 issued  its  decision  on  Los  Angeles  Unified’s  initial  request,  Los  Angeles  Unified  may  then 
 appeal  to  the  Commission  if  it  believes  such  appeal  is  warranted  at  that  time.  5 


 3.  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  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Los  Angeles  Unified  School  District,  Los 
 Angeles,  California,  IS  DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREJUDICE. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Katherine  L.  Schroder 
 Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 


 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  720  (allowing  appeals  to  either  the  Commission  or  the  Administrator,  but  tolling  the  filing  period 
 with  the  Commission,  when  an  applicant  has  an  appeal  pending  with  the  Administrator,  until  the  Administrator 
 issues  a  decision  on  the  appeal). 


 5  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  54.  719  –  54.  725  (setting  forth  rights  of  review,  filing  deadlines,  standards  of  review,  and  other 
 rules  pertaining  to  Commission  review  of  the  Administrator’s  decisions). 
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