*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 28717* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2055 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Columbus School District ) File No. SLD- 217504 Columbus, Wisconsin ) ) East Haddam Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 239170 Moodus, Connecticut ) ) HLV Community School District ) File No. SLD- 313157 Victor, Iowa ) ) Lake Erie Educational Computer Association ) File Nos. SLD- 217886, 226303 Elyria, Ohio ) ) Maine State Library ) File No. SLD- 293451 Augusta, Maine ) ) Many Farms High School ) File No. SLD- 248686 Many Farms, Arizona ) ) School District of Durand ) File No. SLD- 325621 Durand, Wisconsin ) ) South Dakota Department of Education ) File No. SLD- 204869 and Cultural Affairs ) Pierre, South Dakota ) ) Ysleta Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 321479 El Paso, 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 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2055 2 Adopted: June 19, 2003 Released: June 20, 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 (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 July 30, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Columbus School District, Columbus, Wisconsin; to July 7, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by East Haddam Board of Education, Moodus, Connecticut; to July 3, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by HLV Community School District, Victor, Iowa; to July 23, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Lake Erie Educational Computer Association, Elyria, Ohio; to July 16, 2003, for Request for Review filed by Maine State Library, Augusta, Maine; to July 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Many Farms High School, Many Farms, Arizona; to July 21, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs, Pierre, South Dakota; 1 Letter from David DeGuire, Columbus School District, filed January 30, 2003; Letter from Robert Carroll, East Haddam Board of Education, filed January 7, 2003; Letter from William Lynch, HLV Community School District, filed February 5, 2003; Letter from Linda Moore, Lake Erie Educational Computer Association, filed January 24, 2003; Letter from J. Gary Nichols, Maine State Library, filed January 17, 2003; Letter from Arthur K. Hobson, Jr., Many Farms High School, filed January 17, 2003; Letter from LuAnn Hayden, School District of Durand, filed January 22, 2003; Letter from Tammy Bauck, South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs, filed January 21, 2003; Letter from Clyde A. Pine, Jr., Ysleta Independent School District, filed January 30, 2003. (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 Columbus School District, Columbus, Wisconsin, 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- 1137 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Apr. 15, 2003). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2055 3 to July 30, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, Texas. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 3