*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 26749* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 1136 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Austin Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 231412 Austin, Texas ) ) Avon Local Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 222626 Avon, Ohio ) ) Broaddus Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 214609 Broaddus, Texas ) ) Cherry Creek Schools ) File No. SLD- 226427 Greenwood Village, Colorado ) ) Fairfax County Public Schools ) N. E. C. 471.03- 13- 00.29600003 Fairfax, Virginia ) ) Floyd County Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 182010 Rome, Georgia ) ) Hartford Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 300878 Hartford, Michigan ) ) Integrity Communications ) File Nos. SLD- 249067 Corpus Christi, Texas ) ) Integrity Communications ) File Nos. SLD- 252293 Corpus Christi, Texas ) ) Lafayette Township School ) Funding Request Nos. 675813, Lafayette, New Jersey ) 675815, 675817 ) Madison School District No. 321 ) File No. SLD- 216730 Rexburg, Idaho ) ) Magen David Yeshiva ) File No. SLD- 231377 Brooklyn, New York ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 1136 2 National School District ) File No. SLD- 230814 National City, California ) ) Syosset Central School District ) File No. SLD- 267162 Syosset, New York ) ) Woodburn School District ) File No. SLD- 240961 Salem, Oregon ) ) 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: April 11, 2003 Released: April 15, 2003 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 days the time period for 1 Letter from Larry Larson, Austin Independent School District, filed November 19, 2002; Letter from Victor L. Babbini, Avon Local Board of Education, filed November 6, 2002; Letter from Betty Miller, Broaddus Independent School District, filed November 18, 2002; Letter from David Pieta, Cherry Creek Schools, filed November 5, 2002; Letter from Orin R. Heend, Fairfax County Public Schools, filed November 12, 2002; Letter from Jerry Gatlin, Floyd County Board of Education, filed November 5, 2002; Letter from Michael Hallgren, Hartford Public Schools, filed November 27, 2002; Letter from Walter Steimel and Tracie Chesterman, Integrity Communications, filed November 8, 2002; Letter from Walter Steimel and Tracie Chesterman, Integrity Communications, filed November 18, 2002; Letter from Carol J. Calella, Lafayette Township School, filed November 21, 2002; Letter from Varr Shedaker, Madison School District No. 321, filed November 27, 2002; Letter from Sheila Rubin, Magen David Yeshiva, filed October 24, 2002; Letter from Mike Castanos, National School District, filed November 12, 2002; Letter from David Israel, Syosset Central School District, filed November 14, 2002; Letter from Paul A. Goodwin, Woodburn School District, filed November 27, 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). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 1136 3 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 May 19, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Austin Independent School District, Austin, Texas; to May 5, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Avon Local Board of Education, Avon, Ohio; to May 15, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Broaddus Independent School District, Broaddus, Texas; to May 5, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Cherry Creek Schools, Greenwood Village, Colorado; to May 12, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia; to May 5, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Floyd County Board of Education, Rome, Georgia; to May 26, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Hartford Public Schools, Hartford, Michigan; to May 7, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Integrity Communications, Corpus Christi, Texas; to May 15, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Integrity Communications, Corpus Christi, Texas; to May 21, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Lafayette Township School, Lafayette, New Jersey; to May 26, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Madison School District No. 321, Rexburg, Idaho; to May 1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Magen David Yeshiva, Brooklyn, New York; to May 12, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by National School District, National City, California; to May 14, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Syosset Central School District, Syosset, New York; to May 26, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Woodburn School District, Salem, Oregon. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 4 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Adams County Public Library, West Union, Ohio, 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 03- 241 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. January 30, 2003) and Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Austin Independent School District, Austin, Texas, 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 03- 392 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. February 11, 2003). 3