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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  1614 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  )  Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  )  ) 
 St.  Mary's  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  217958  Manchester,  Iowa  ) 
 )  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:  July  9,  2002  Released:  July  10,  2002 
 By  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  Before  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  is  a  Request  for  Review  filed  by  St.  Mary's  School,  Manchester,  Iowa,  seeking  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the  Schools 
 and  Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator).  1  St.  Mary's  School  seeks  review  of  SLD’s  denial  of  St.  Mary's  School’s  request 
 for  discounted  services  in  Funding  Year  2001.  2  SLD  denied  St.  Mary's  School's  request  because  its  FCC  Form  471  application,  Block  6  Certifications,  and/  or  Item  21  attachments  were 
 postmarked  after  the  2001-  2002  filing  window  closed  on  January  18,  2001.  3  Since  the  Request  for  Review  was  filed,  however,  SLD  reconsidered  its  denial  and  requested  the  Item  21 


 1  Letter  from  Joe  Bearns,  St.  Mary's  School,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  August  6,  2001 
 (Request  for  Review). 
 2  See  Request  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).  In  prior  years,  this  funding  period  was  referred  to  as  Funding  Year  4.  Funding  periods  are  now  described  by  the  year  in 


 which  the  funding  period  starts.  Thus  the  funding  period  which  begins  on  July  1,  2001  and  ends  on  June  30,  2002,  previously  known  as  Funding  Year  4,  is  now  called  Funding  Year  2001. 


 3  See  Pink  Postcard  from  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Joe  Bearns, 
 St.  Mary's  School,  dated  July  24,  2001  (Pink  Postcard). 
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 Attachment,  but  denied  the  application  again  for  lack  of  a  response.  4  The  only  issue  before  us  is  SLD’s  initial  denial  of  St.  Mary’s  application  based  on  the  absence  of  the  Item  21  attachments. 
 Because  SLD  reversed  that  decision,  we  must  dismiss  St.  Mary's  School’s  Request  for  Review  as  moot. 


 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  Request  for  Review  filed  by  St.  Mary's  School,  Manchester,  Iowa,  on  August  6,  2001  IS  DISMISSED  as  moot. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Mark  G.  Seifert  Deputy  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 


 4  See  Letter  from  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Joe  Bearns,  St. 
 Mary's  School,  dated  March  13,  2002  (Rejection  Letter). 
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