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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  1574 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  Decision  of  the  )  Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 )  Clifton  High  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  311575 
 Clifton,  Texas  )  ) 
 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: 
 1.  Clifton  High  School  (Clifton),  Clifton,  Texas,  seeks  review  of  a  January  21,  2003  decision  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative 
 Company  (Administrator).  1  For  a  review  of  decisions  by  SLD  issued  on  or  after  August  13,  2001,  appeals  to  the  Commission  must  be  filed  within  60  days  of  the  issuance  of  the  SLD 
 decision  date.  2  Here,  Clifton  filed  its  appeal  on  March  25,  2003,  after  the  60-  day  period,  in  contravention  of  our  rules.  We  therefore  dismiss  the  appeal. 


 1  Letter  from  Sheila  Musselman,  Clifton  High  School,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  March  25, 
 2003  (Request  for  Review);  Letter  from  the  School  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Sheila  Musselman,  Clifton  High  School,  dated  January  21,  2003;  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  719(  c). 


 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.720(  b).  See  Implementation  of  Interim  Filing  Procedures  for  Filings  of  Requests  for  Review, 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  45,  Order,  17  FCC  Rcd  339  (rel.  Dec.  26,  2001),  as  corrected  by  Implementation  of  Interim  Filing  Procedures  for  Filings  of  Requests  for  Review,  Federal-State 


 Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  45,  Errata  (Com.  Car.  Bur.  rel.  Dec.  28,  2001  and  Jan.  4,  2002). 
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 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  on  March  25,  2003,  by  Clifton  High  School,  Clifton,  Texas,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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