*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 7396.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 534 1 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Bibb County Board of Education ) SLD- 149558 Centreville, Alabama ) ) Central Minnesota Computing Center ) SLD- 143701 St. Cloud, Minnesota ) ) Children’s Village Academy ) SLD- 204351 Kingston, North Carolina ) ) Clackamas Education Service District ) SLD- 143605, SLD- 143609, Marylhurst, Oregon ) SLD- 143640, SLD- 145618, ) SLD- 147531, SLD- 147532, ) SLD- 147541 ) Maine School Union #90/ Alton Elementary ) SLD- 183978 Alton, Maine ) ) Massachusetts Department of Education ) SLD- 149217 Malden, Massachusetts ) ) Project Interconnect ) SLD- 146854, SLD- 146858 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota ) ) Puerto Rico Department of Education/ ) SLD- 149802 DRC Corporation ) SPIN No. 143012559 San Juan, Puerto Rico ) ) 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. ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 534 2 ORDER Adopted: March 1, 2001 Released: March 2, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 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 extended by sixty days the time period for considering the Requests for Review. 4 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 the Schools and Libraries Division. 5 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 April 9, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Bibb County School District, Centreville, Alabama; to April 11, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Central Minnesota Computing Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota; to April 24, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Children’s Village Academy, Kingston, North Carolina; to April 11, 2001, for the Request for 1 Letter from Alesa Judd and Donald R. McCalla, Bibb County Board of Education, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 10, 2000; Letter from Michael T. Bauer and Tracey Plante, Central Minnesota Computing Center, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 13, 2000; Request for Review of the Decision of the Universal Service Administrator by Children’s Village Academy, filed October 26, 2000; Letter from Tom Cook and Tami Zigler, on behalf of Clackamas Education Service District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 13, 2000; Letter from Pamela Kimball and A. Keith Ober, Maine School Union #90, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 4, 2000; Letter from John Fuller, Massachusetts Department of Education, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 5, 2000; Letter from William R. Leto, Project Interconnect, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 16, 2000; Request for Review of the Decision of the Universal Service Administrator by Puerto Rico Department of Education and DRC Corporation, filed October 11, 2000 (Requests for Review). 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 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Bibb County School District, Centreville, Alabama, et al., Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, Order, DA 01- 22 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. January 5, 2001). 5 47 C. F. R. § 524( a). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 534 3 Review filed by Clackamas Education Service District, Marylhurst, Oregon; to April 2, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Maine School Union #9/ Alton Elementary, Milford, Maine; to April 3, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden, Massachusetts; to April 13, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Project Interconnect, St. Paul, Minnesota, and; to April 9, 2001, for the Request for Review filed by Puerto Rico Department of Education and DRC Corporation, San Juan, Puerto Rico. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 3