*Pages 1--6 from Microsoft Word - 20785.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2050 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 ) ) 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 ) ) Des Moines Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 267486 Des Moines, Iowa ) ) 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 ) ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2050 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 ) File No. SLD- 266085 Wexler 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 ) ) Picher Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 242429 Picher, Oklahoma ) ) Pierce City R- VI Schools ) File No. SLD- 260567 Pierce City, Missouri ) ) Scott County Public Library ) File No. SLD- 220094 Georgetown, Kentucky ) ) 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2050 3 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 ) ) Yeshiva Karlin- Stolin ) File No. SLD- 265665 Brooklyn, New York ) ) Federal- State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96- 45 Universal Service ) 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2050 4 Changes to the Board of Directors of the ) CC Docket No. 97- 21 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. ) ORDER Adopted: August 20, 2002 Released: August 21, 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) days unless the time period is extended. 3 The Bureau extended by sixty (60) days the time period for considering the Requests for Review. 4 The Bureau requires additional time to review 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 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 Greg Davis, Des Moines Public Schools, filed April 2, 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 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 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 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 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). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 724( a). 4 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Aurora Weier Educational Unit, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, et. al., Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of 4 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2050 5 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 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 thirty (30) days to September 16, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Aurora Weier Educational Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; to September 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Berks County Intermediate Unit- Alsace School, Reading, Pennsylvania; to September 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Calhoun School, New York, New York; to September 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Chelsea School, Chelsea, Maine; to September 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Colorado City Public Library, Colorado City, Arizona; to September 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by De Leon Independent School District, De Leon, Texas; to September 30, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, Iowa; to September 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Gladwin County Library, Gladwin, Michigan; to September 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Gold Oak Union Elementary School District, Sacramento, California; to September 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Graham Independent School District, Graham, Texas; to September 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Grain Valley R- 5 School District, Grain Valley, Missouri; to September 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines, Iowa; to September 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by La Salle Institute, Troy, New York; to September 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Lone Wolf Public Schools, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma; to September 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Lubavitch Yeshiva of Minnesota- Wexler Learning Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota; to September 16, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Mesorah School, Brooklyn, New York; to September 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Norwood R- 1 School District, Norwood, Missouri; to September 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Picher Public Schools, Picher, Oklahoma; to September 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Pierce City R- VI Schools, Pierce City, Missouri; to September 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Scott County Public Library, Georgetown, Kentucky; to September 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by South Lane School District, Cottage Grove, Oregon; to September 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by St. John’s Preparatory School, Astoria, New York; to September 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by St. John’s School, Wahpeton, North Dakota; to September 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by St. Norbert School, Northbrook, Illinois; to September 23, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Syracuse-Dunbar- Avoca School District, Syracuse, Nebraska; to September 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by CRW Consulting, LLC, on behalf of Taloga Independent School District, Taloga, Oklahoma; to September 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Ubly Community Schools, Ubly, Michigan; to September 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Washington County Educational Service Center, Marietta, Ohio; to September 11, 2002, for the the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, Order, DA 02- 1536 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. July 1, 2002). Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, Iowa, 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 02-1788 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. July 31, 2002). 5 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2050 6 Request for Review filed by Wells Central School, Wells, New York; to September 2, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by West Branch Community Schools, West Branch, Iowa; to September 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by WestCel, Rangley, Colorado; to September 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