PUBLIC NOTICE 
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov 
TTY: 1-888-835-5322 
DA 03-1770 
Federal Communications Commission 
445 12th St., S.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20554 
REQUESTS FOR REVIEW OF THE DECISIONS OF THE 
UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR BY BOOTHEEL CONSORTIUM et al. 
ARE PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE PROCEEDINGS 
CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 97-21 
Release Date: May 22, 2003 
Requests for Review of decisions by the Administrator are subject to treatment by the 
The following filed Requests for Review with the Commission: Bootheel Consortium, 
(Bootheel), March 21, 2003; Donna Independent School District (Donna), May 9, 2003; El Paso 
Independent School District (El Paso), May 8, 2003; Navajo Education Technology Consortium, 
Inc. (Navajo), April 22, 2003; Oklahoma City School District I-89 (Oklahoma City), May 9, 
2003; and Orleans Parish School District (Orleans Parish), March 21, 2003.1 These applicants 
request review of decisions by the Schools and Libraries Division (“SLD”) of the Universal 
Service Administrative Company (“Administrator”), rejecting Funding Year 2002 requests for 
discounts under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism. They request that 
the Commission reverse the Administrator’s decisions and award full funding. 
Commission as restricted proceedings for ex parte purposes under section 1.1208 of the 
Commission's rules, unless otherwise provided.2 Pursuant to section 1.1200(a) of the 
Commission’s rules, we hereby designate these cases as permit-but-disclose proceedings under 
the ex parte rules.3 Therefore, any ex parte presentations that are made with respect to the issues 
involved in the subject requests will be permissible but must be disclosed in accordance with the 
1 See Requests for Review of the Decision of the Universal Service Administrator by Bootheel 
Consortium, filed March 3, 2003; Donna Independent School District, filed May 9, 2003; El Paso 
Independent School District, filed May 8, 2003; Navajo Education Technology Consortium, Inc., filed 
April 22, 2003; and Oklahoma City School District I-89, filed May 9, 2003, Federal-State Joint Board on 
Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, CC 
Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-21, Requests for Review. 
2 47 C.F.R. § 1.1208. 
3 See also 47 C.F.R. § 1.1200(a). See also 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206. 
requirements of section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules.4 
The full texts of the Requests for Review and all related filings will be available for 
All written ex parte presentations and all written disclosures of oral ex parte 
presentations should reference the relevant Request for Review, CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 
97-21, and DA 03-1770 and be filed with the Office of Secretary, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., TW-A325, Washington, D.C. 20554.5 A copy of each 
filing should be sent to Qualex International, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, D.C. 20054 and to Sheryl Todd, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline 
Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., 
5-B540, Washington, D.C. 20554. 
public inspection and duplication during regular business hours in the Reference and Information 
Center (RIC) of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., Room CY-A257, Washington, D.C. 20554. Copies also 
may be obtained from Qualex International, (202) 863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2898, or via email 
qualexint@aol.com. In addition, copies are accessible online through the Commission’s 
electronic comment filing system, http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. 
For further information, contact Jon Secrest of the Telecommunications Access Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-7400. 
4 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b). 
5 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b). 
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