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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  1572 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Requests  for  Review  of  the  )  Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  )  ) 
 Beth  Jacob  High  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  222224  Brooklyn,  New  York  ) 
 )  Broome-  Tioga  BOCES  )  File  No.  SLD-  265168 
 Syracuse,  New  York  )  ) 
 Derby  Public  Schools  )  File  No.  SLD-  308909  Derby,  Connecticut  ) 
 )  School  Administrative  District  No.  44  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  224552,  224651 
 Guilford,  Maine  )  ) 
 State  of  Wyoming  Department  of  )  File  No.  SLD-  202111  Administration  and  Information  ) 
 Cheyenne,  Wyoming  )  ) 
 United  Talmudical  Academy  )  File  No.  SLD-  222167  Spring  Valley,  New  York  ) 
 )  Western  New  York  Regional  Information  Center  )  File  No.  SLD-  263991 
 West  Seneca,  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:  May  14,  2003  Released:  May  15,  2003 
 By  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
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 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 
 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. 


 1  Letter  from  Yitzchok  Kaplan,  Beth  Jacob  High  School,  filed  December  26,  2002;  Letter  from  Michelle  Chemotti, 
 Broome-  Tioga  BOCES,  filed  December  16,  2002;  Letter  from  James  Freund,  Derby  Public  Schools,  filed  December  16,  2002;  Letter  from  Matthew  Oliver,  School  Administrative  District  No.  44,  filed  December  19,  2002;  Letter  from 


 Donald  Gerstein,  State  of  Wyoming  Department  of  Administration  and  Information,  filed  December  20,  2002;  Letter  from  Jacob  Klagsbrun,  United  Talmudical  Academy,  filed  December  18,  2002;  Letter  from  Susan  C. 
 Melancon,  Western  New  York  Regional  Information  Center,  filed  December  16,  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  Beth  Jacobs  High  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  03-  760  (Wir.  Com.  Bur. 


 rel.  Mar.  13,  2003). 
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 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  June  26,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Beth  Jacob  High  School,  Brooklyn,  New  York;  to  June  12,  2003,  for 
 the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Broome-  Tioga  BOCES,  Syracuse,  New  York;  to  June  12,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Derby  Public  Schools,  Derby,  Connecticut;  to  June  18,  2003, 
 for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  School  Administrative  District  No.  44,  Guilford,  Maine;  to  June  18,  2003,  for  Request  for  Review  filed  by  State  of  Wyoming  Department  of  Administration 
 and  Information,  Cheyenne,  Wyoming;  to  June  16,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  United  Talmudical  Academy,  Spring  Valley,  New  York;  to  June  12,  2003,  for  the  Request  for 
 Review  filed  by  Western  New  York  Regional  Information  Center,  West  Seneca,  New  York. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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