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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  873 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Request  for  Review 
 of  the  Decision  of 
 the  Universal  Service  Administrator  by 


 Calhoun  County  School  District 
 Blountstown,  Florida 


 Craig  City  School  District 
 Craig,  Arkansas 


 Holmes  District  School  Board 
 Bonifay,  Florida 


 Jackson  County  School  Board 
 Marianna,  Florida 


 Lake  County  Schools 
 Tavares,  Florida 


 Miami-  Dade  Public  Schools 
 Miami,  Florida 


 Ritchie  County  Schools 
 Harrisville,  West  Virginia 


 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal 
 Service 


 Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors 
 of  the  National  Exchange  Carrier 
 Association,  Inc. 


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 File  No.  SLD-  204032 
 File  No.  SLD-  166840 
 File  No.  SLD-  180439 
 File  No.  SLD-  201189 
 File  No.  SLD-  200217 
 File  Nos.  SLD-  200137,  SLD-  200317, 
 SLD-  200350,  SLD-  200364,  SLD-200412, 
 SLD-  200498, 


 File  No.  SLD-  200227 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 CC  Docket  No.  97-  21 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  April  16,  2001  Released:  April  17,  2001 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Accounting  Policy  Division  has  under  consideration  several  Requests  for 
 Review  filed  by  the  above-  captioned  applicants  for  discounted  services  under  the  schools  and 
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 libraries  universal  service  mechanism,  seeking  review  of  decisions  issued  by  the  Schools  and 
 Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator).  1 
 Each  applicant  seeks  review  of  SLD’s  denial  of  its  application  for  discounts  for  internal 
 connections.  2  Because  each  applicant  raises  arguments  that  were  addressed  and  dismissed  in 
 Hamilton  County  School  Board,  we  deny  each  of  these  Requests.  3  As  in  the  case  of  Hamilton 
 County  School  Board,  rather  than  alleging  error  by  SLD  or  seeking  waiver  of  the  Commission’s 
 rules  due  to  their  own  special  circumstances,  these  applicants  directly  challenge  the  fairness  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules  governing  the  calculation  of  discount  rates.  As  in  Hamilton  County  School 
 Board,  SLD  has  properly  applied  the  Commission’s  rules  and  the  program’s  procedures.  These 
 applicants’  challenge  to  the  fairness  of  the  rules  is  properly  initiated  by  filing  a  petition  for 
 rulemaking,  rather  than  a  Request  for  Review. 


 2.  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  Requests  for  Review  filed  by  Calhoun  County  School  District  on  August  10, 
 2000;  by  Craig  City  School  District  on  May  17,  2000;  by  Holmes  County  School  District  on  May 
 8,  2000;  by  Jackson  County  School  Board  on  May  12,  2000;  by  Lake  County  Schools  on  June  19, 
 2000;  by  Miami-  Dade  County  Public  Schools  on  May  16,  2000,  May  19,  2000,  and  June  7,  2000; 
 and  by  Ritchie  County  Schools  on  June  8,  2000,  ARE  DENIED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Mark  G.  Seifert 
 Deputy  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 


 1  Letter  from  Renee’  Harrell,  Calhoun  County  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed 
 August  10,  2000;  Letter  from  Darrell  M.  Johnson,  Craig  City  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications 
 Commission,  filed  May  17,  2000;  Letter  from  Myron  Hudson  and  Norma  Dunn,  Holmes  County  School  District, 
 to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  May  8,  2000;  Letter  from  Frank  E.  Waller,  Jackson  County 
 School  Board,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  May  12,  2000;  Letter  from  David  Coggshall,  Lake 
 County  Schools,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  June  19,  2000;  Letters  from  Helen  Blanch, 
 Miami-  Dade  County  Public  Schools,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  May  16,  2000  and  May  19, 
 2000;  Letter  from  Anthony  D.  Machado,  Miami-  Dade  County  Public  Schools,  to  Federal  Communications 
 Commission,  filed  June  7,  2000;  Letter  from  Letter  from  Deanna  N.  Poole  Ammons,  Ritchie  County  Schools,  to 
 Federal  Communications  Commision,  filed  June  8,  2000  (collectively,  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  Request  for  Review  by  Hamilton  County  School  Board,  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service, 


 Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.,  File  No.  SLD-  173624, 
 CC  Docket  Nos.  96-  45  and  97-  21,  Order,  DA  01-  873  (Accounting  Pol.  Div.,  rel.  April  10,  2001). 
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