*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 14292.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 139 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Albany County School District ) File No. SLD- 251964 Laramie, Wyoming ) ) Baxter County Library ) File No. SLD- 260055 Mountain Home, Arkansas ) ) Berkeley County School District ) File No. SLD- 220063 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) East Baton Rouge Parish ) File No. SLD- 267852 Baton Rouge, Louisiana ) ) Education Service Center Region No. 12 ) File No. SLD- 233770 Waco, Texas ) ) Forsyth County Public Library ) File Nos. SLD- 263590, 164263 Winston- Salem, North Carolina ) ) Green Bay Area Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 275616 Green Bay, Wisconsin ) ) Lauderdale County Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 220123 Florence, Alabama ) ) Merrimack Valley Library Consortium ) File No. SLD- 264801 Andover, Massachusetts ) ) Pandhandle Public Library Cooperative System ) File No. SLD- 254360 Marianna, Florida ) ) Quincy School District No. 172 ) File No. SLD- 212425 Bloomindale, Illinois ) ) Ridgefield Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 259136 Ridgefield, Connecticut ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 139 2 Rockdale Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 241706 Rockdale, Texas ) ) Seattle School District No. 1 ) File No. SLD- 265993 Seattle, Washington ) ) SouthWest Ohio Computer Association ) File No. SLD- 230441 Hamilton, Ohio ) ) Southeastern Libraries Cooperating ) File No. SLD- 251453 Rochester, Minnesota ) ) St. John Central School ) File No. SLD- 239551 Marietta, Ohio ) ) Tallulah Academy- Delta Christian School ) File No. SLD- 221446 Tallulah, Louisana ) ) Wayne County Regional Educational Service ) File No. SLD- 266683 Agency ) Wayne, Michigan ) ) Webster County School District ) File No. SLD- 220685 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) 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: January 17, 2002 Released: January 18, 2002 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 1 Letter from Rocky J. Tyler, Albany County School District, filed August 23, 2001; Letter from Gwen Khayat, Baxter County Library, filed August 20, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Berkeley County School District, filed August 28, 2001; Letter from John B. Richard, East Baton Rouge Parish, filed August 10, 2001; Letter from Robb Scott, Education Service Center Region No. 12, filed August 10, 2001; Letter from Herman Schmid, Forsyth 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 139 3 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 February 21, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Albany County School District, Laramie, Wyoming; to February 14, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Baxter County Library, Mountain Home, Arkansas; to February 25, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Berkeley County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to February 6, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; to February 6, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Education Service Center Region No. 12, Waco, Texas; to February 7, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Forsyth County Public Library, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; to February 7, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Green Bay Area Public Schools, Green Bay; to February 13, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Lauderdale County Board of Education, Florence, Alabama; to February 1, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Merrimack Valley Library Consortium, Andover, Massachusetts; to February 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Panhandle Public Library Cooperative System, Marianna, Florida; to February 7, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Quincy School District No. 172, Bloomingdale, Illinois; to February 21, 2002, for the Request for Review County Public Library, filed August 13, 2001; Letter from Daniel A. Nerad, Green Bay Area Public Schools, filed August 13, 2001; Letter from Jerry Fulmer, Lauderdale County Board of Education, filed August 17, 2001; Letter from Lawrence R. Rungren, Merrimack Valley Library Consortium, filed August 6, 2001; Letter from Laura Massie, Panhandle Public Library Cooperative System, filed August 15, 2001; Letter from Jerry S. Steinberg, Quincy School District No. 172, filed August 13, 2001; Letter from Donna M. Case, Ridgefield Public Schools, filed August 24, 2001; Letter from Marcia J. Proctor, Rockdale Independent School District, filed August 22, 2001; Letter from Dugal Easton, Seattle School District No. 1, filed August 24, 2001; Letter from Mark J. Palchick, SouthWest Ohio Computer Association, filed August 13, 2001; Letter from Ann B. Hutton, Southeastern Libraries Cooperating, filed August 28, 2001; Letter from David A. O’Connor, St. John Central School, filed August 14, 2001; Letter from John E. Beach, Tallulah Academy- Delta Christian School, filed August 13, 2001; Letter from Bruce Barrett, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, filed August 6, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Webster County School District, filed August 21, 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). 4 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Albany County School District, Laramie, Wyoming. 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- 2703 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. November 20, 2001). 5 47 C. F. R. § 524( a). 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 139 4 filed by Ridgefield Public Schools, Ridgefield, Connecticut; to February 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Rockdale Independent School District, Rockdale, Texas; to February 21, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Seattle School District No. 1, Seattle, Washington; to February 7, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by SouthWest Ohio Computer Association, Hamilton, Ohio; to February 25, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Southeastern Libraries Cooperating, Rochester, Minnesota; to February 6, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by St. John Central School, Marietta, Ohio; to February 7, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Tallulah Academy- Delta Christian School, Tallulah, Louisiana; to February 1, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, Wayne, Michigan; to February 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Webster County School District, Cleveland, Ohio. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 4