*Pages 1--6 from Microsoft Word - 19342.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1536 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Aurora Weier Educational Center ) File No. SLD- 258364 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) ) Berks County Intermediate Unit (Alsace School) ) File No. SLD- 226686 Reading, Pennsylvania ) ) Calhoun School ) File No. SLD- 258689 New York, New York ) ) Carrolton- Farmers Branch ) File No. SLD- 229384 Farmers Branch, Texas ) ) Chelsea School ) File No. SLD- 267423 Chelsea, Maine ) ) Colorado City Public Library ) File No. SLD- 255830 Colorado City, Arizona ) ) De Leon Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 221305 De Leon, Texas ) ) Gladwin County Library ) File No. SLD- 219040 Gladwin, Michigan ) ) Gold Oak Union Elementary School District ) File No. SLD- 272578 Sacramento, California ) ) Graham Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 231786 Graham, Texas ) ) Grain Valley R- 5 School District ) File No. SLD- 237249 Grain Valley, Missouri ) ) Gunter Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 265308 Gunter, Texas ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1536 2 Iowa Department of Education ) File Nos. SLD- 216444, 217958, Des Moines, Iowa ) 223686, 224428, 226697, 227143, ) 227343, 227674, 228261, 231491, ) 232500, 235113, 235127, 235203, ) 235388, 235634, 236150, 236660, ) 236687, 239655, 243084, 243340, ) 243806, 244185, 244469, 244568, ) 244945, 246057, 246332, 248221, ) 248721, 249075, 249124, 249229, ) 249634, 250711, 251513, 254020, ) 254048, 254451, 254652, 255304, ) 259844, 261201, 261250, 261487, ) 261846, 262363, 263851, 265368, ) 266786, 267402, 267936, 268071, ) 269154, 269234, 269662, 269966, ) 271755, 271816, 271856, 271895, ) 272035, 272706, 278771, 278772, ) 278773, 278774, 278776, 278791, ) 279193, 280399 ) ) La Salle Institute ) File No. SLD- 208293 Troy, New York ) ) Lone Wolf Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 242788 Lone Wolf, Oklahoma ) ) Lubavitch Yeshiva of Minnesota- Wexler ) File No. SLD- 266085 Learning Institute ) St. Paul, Minnesota ) ) Mesorah School ) File No. SLD- 262939 Brooklyn, New York ) ) Norwood R- 1 School District ) File No. SLD- 233483 Norwood, Missouri ) ) Pan United Corporation ) File Nos. SLD- 166690, 187225 Edison, New Jersey ) ) Picher Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 242429 Picher, Oklahoma ) ) Pierce City R- VI Schools ) File No. SLD- 260567 Pierce City, Missouri ) ) 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1536 3 Scott County Public Library ) File No. SLD- 220094 Georgetown, Kentucky ) ) Seton Catholic Central School ) File No. SLD- 327224 Plattsburgh, New York ) ) South Lane School District ) File No. SLD- 178160 Cottage Grove, Oregon ) ) St. John’s Preparatory School ) File No. SLD- 262413 Astoria, New York ) ) St. John’s School ) File No. SLD- 246240 Wahpeton, North Dakota ) ) St. Norbert School ) File No. SLD- 223104 Northbrook, Illinois ) ) Syracuse Dunbar Avoca School District ) File Nos. SLD- 243212, 243610 Syracuse, Nebraska ) ) Taloga Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 249752 Taloga, Oklahoma ) ) Ubly Community Schools ) File No. SLD- 245845 Ubly, Michigan ) ) Washington County Educational Service Center ) File No. SLD- 232665 Marietta, Ohio ) ) Wells Central School ) File No. SLD- 261467 Wells, New York ) ) West Branch Community Schools ) File No. SLD- 244569 West Branch, Iowa ) ) WestCel ) File No. SLD- 266135 Rangley, Colorado ) ) Wynot Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 263129 Wynot, Nebraska ) ) Yeshiva Karlin- Stolin ) File No. SLD- 265665 Brooklyn, New York ) ) 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1536 4 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: June 28, 2002 Released: July 1, 2002 By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. The Telecommunications Access 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 Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) must issue a decision resolving a request for review of matters properly before it within ninety (90) 1 Letter from Emilio Lopez, Aurora Weier Educational Center, filed March 18, 2002; Letter from Robert B. Lipton, Berks County Intermediate Unit (Alsace School), filed March 25, 2002; Letter from Jennifer McMurray, Calhoun School, filed March 11, 2002; Letter from Andrew Berning, Carrollton- Farmers Branch, filed March 11, 2002; Letter from Susan A. Trott, Chelsea School, filed March 11, 2002; Letter from Dennis Darger, Colorado City Public Library, filed March 29, 2002; Letter from Mary Jane Atkins, DeLeon Independent School District, filed March 13, 2002; Letter from David Volk, Gladwin County Library, filed March 4, 2002; Letter from Eddie Payne, Gold Oak Union Elementary School District, filed March 11, 2002; Letter from Brian Mann, Graham Independent School District, filed March 11, 2002; Letter from Alan L. Welch, Grain Valley R- 5 School District, filed March 11, 2002; Letter from Dawna Uselton, Gunter Independent School District, filed March 28, 2002; Letter from Ted Stilwill, Iowa Department of Education, filed March 11, 2002; Letter from William P. Maloney, III, La Salle Institute, filed March 15, 2002; Letter from James Sutherland, Lone Wolf Public Schools, filed March 4, 2002; Letter from Zalman T. Myer- Smith, Lubavitch Yeshiva of Minnesota- Wexler Learning Institute, filed March 7, 2002; Letter from Rabbi Gershon M. Kranczer, Mesorah School, filed March 20, 2002; Letter from Jimmie Lee Marler, Norwood R- 1 School District, filed March 26, 2002; Letter from David Lin, Pan United Corporation, filed March 18, 2002; Letter from Bob Walker, Picher Public Schools, filed March 7, 2002; Letter from Lois Klatt, Pierce City R- VI Schools, filed March 26, 2002; Letter from William Smith, Scott County Public Library, filed March 4, 2002; Letter from Donald J. Recore, Seton Catholic Central School, filed March 6, 2002; Letter from Scott Baker, South Lane School District, filed March 25, 2002; Letter from Brian Farren, St. John’s Preparatory School, filed March 21, 2002; Letter from Wilfred Sauer, St. John’s School, filed March 5, 2002; Letter from Anne Balzanto, St. Norbert School, filed March 21, 2002; Letter from Rod Powell, Syracuse- Dunbar- Avoca School District, filed March 26, 2002; Letter from Chris Webber, CRW Consulting, LLC, on behalf of Taloga Independent School District 10, filed March 21, 2002; Letter from Evelyn Smaglinski, Ubly Community Schools, filed March 4, 2002; Letter from Janine C. Satterfield, Washington County Educational Service Center, filed March 4, 2002; Letter from Paul G. Williamsen, Wells Central School, filed March 15, 2002; Letter from Craig Artist, West Branch Community Schools, filed March 4, 2002; Letter from Chris Brubaker, WestCel, filed March 4, 2002; Letter from Carol Tramp, Wynot Public Schools, filed March February 14, 2001; Letter from Abraham Shor, Yeshiva Karlin- Stolin, filed March 25, 2002. (Requests for Review). 2 See Requests for Review. 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). 4 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1536 5 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 IS EXTENDED BY an additional sixty (60) days to August 16, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Aurora Weier Educational Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; to August 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Berks County Intermediate Unit- Alsace School, Reading, Pennsylvania; to August 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Calhoun School, New York, New York; to August 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Carrolton-Farmers Branch, Farmers Branch, Texas; to August 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Chelsea School, Chelsea, Maine; to August 27, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Colorado City Public Library, Colorado City, Arizona; to August 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by De Leon Independent School District, De Leon, Texas; to August 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Gladwin County Library, Gladwin, Michigan; to August 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Gold Oak Union Elementary School District, Sacramento, California; to August 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Graham Independent School District, Graham, Texas; to August 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Grain Valley R- 5 School District, Grain Valley, Missouri; to August 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Gunter Independent School District, Gunter, Texas; to August 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines, Iowa; to August 12, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by La Salle Institute, Troy, New York; to August 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Lone Wolf Public Schools, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma; to August 5, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Lubavitch Yeshiva of Minnesota- Wexler Learning Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota; to August 16, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Mesorah School, Brooklyn, New York; to August 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Norwood R- 1 School District, Norwood, Missouri; to August 16, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Pan United Corporation, Edison, New Jersey; to August 5, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Picher Public Schools, Picher, Oklahoma; to August 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Pierce City R- VI Schools, Pierce City, Missouri; to August 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Scott County Public Library, Georgetown, Kentucky; to August 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Seton Catholic Central School, Plattsburgh, New York; to August 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by South Lane School District, Cottage Grove, Oregon; to August 19, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by St. John’s Preparatory School, Astoria, New York; to August 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by St. John’s School, Wahpeton, North Dakota; to August 19, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by St. Norbert School, Northbrook, Illinois; to August 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Syracuse- Dunbar- Avoca School District, Syracuse, Nebraska; to August 19, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by CRW Consulting, LLC, on behalf of Taloga Independent School District, Taloga, Oklahoma; to August 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Ubly Community Schools, Ubly, Michigan; to August 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Washington County Educational Service Center, Marietta, Ohio; to August 12, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Wells Central School, Wells, New York; to August 2, 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 724( a). 5 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1536 6 2002, for the Request for Review filed by West Branch Community Schools, West Branch, Iowa; to August 5, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by WestCel, Rangley, Colorado; to August 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Wynot Public Schools, Wynot, Nebraska; to August 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Yeshiva Karlin- Stolin, New York, New York. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 6