*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 22420.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2833 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Beginning with Children Charter School ) File No. SLD- 256153 Brooklyn, New York ) ) Cimarron Municipal Schools ) File No. SLD- 141892 Cimarron, New Mexico ) ) Mirrer Yeshiva Educational Institute ) File No. SLD- 226530 Brooklyn, New York ) ) Queen of Apostles School ) File No. SLD- 226515, 156906 Alexandria, Virginia ) ) Republic County Unified School District No. 427 ) File Nos. SLD- 242222, 257681 Belleville, Kansas ) ) The Children’s Storefront ) File No. SLD- 254685 New York, New York ) ) 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: October 24, 2002 Released: October 25, 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 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2833 2 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 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 November 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Beginning with Children Charter School, Brooklyn, New York; to November 25, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Cimarron Municipal Schools, Cimarron, New Mexico; to November 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Mirrer Yeshiva Educational Institute, Brooklyn, New York; to November 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Queen of Apostles School, Alexandria, Virginia; to November 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Republic County Unified School District No. 427, Belleville, Kansas; to November 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by The Children’s Storefront, New York, New York. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 1 Letter from Brian Jendryka, Beginning with Children Charter School, filed May 14, 2002; Letter from Lawana Whitten, Cimarron Municipal Schools, filed May 28, 2002; Letter from M. Rosenblum, Mirrer Yeshiva Educational Institute, filed October 19, 2001; Letter from Craig Wojay, Queen of Apostles School, filed May 5, 2002; Letter from Larry M. Lysell, Republic County Unified School District No. 427, filed May 20, 2002; Letter from Bruno Navasky, The Children’s Storefront, filed May 14, 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 Beginning with Children Charter School, Brooklyn, New York, 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 02-2051 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. August 21, 2002). 2