*Pages 1--5 from Microsoft Word - 29402* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2287 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Bedford Area School District ) File No. SLD- 339394 Bedford, Pennsylvania ) ) Carlisle Area School District ) File Nos. SLD- 296418, 323730, Carlisle, Pennsylvania ) 323991 ) Center Area School District ) File No. SLD- 327601 Monaca, Pennsylvania ) ) Concord School District ) File No. SLD- 380786 Concord, New Hampshire ) ) Diocese of Buffalo ) File Nos. SLD- 237062, 233013 Buffalo, New York ) 237215 ) East Rockaway Union Free School District ) File Nos. SLD- 328918, 329734 Seaford, New York ) ) Galena Park Independent School District ) File Nos. SLD- 314879, 305340 Houston, Texas ) ) Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School ) File No. SLD- 320463 District ) Baytown, Texas ) ) Grandville Public School District ) File No. SLD- 316707 Grandville, Michigan ) ) Hazelwood School District ) File No. SLD- 297140 Florissant, Missouri ) ) Hull Christian School ) File No. SLD- 337005 Hull, Iowa ) ) Illinois School for the Deaf ) File No. SLD- 317808 Jacksonville, Illinois ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2287 2 Kingman Unified School District No. 20 ) File No. SLD- 309943 Kingman, Arizona ) ) Maine School Administrative District No. 56 ) File No. SLD- 249470 Searsport, Maine ) ) Navajo Education Technology Consortium, Inc. ) File No. SLD- 306050 Gallup, New Mexico ) ) North Central Ohio Computer Cooperative ) File Nos. SLD- 250882, 248224, Mansfield, Ohio ) 226381, 257003 ) Pima Vocational High School ) File No. SLD- 323883 Tuscon, Arizona ) ) Ponca City Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 291588 Ponca City, Oklahoma ) ) Reading Public Library ) File No. SLD- 327133 Reading, Pennsylvania ) ) School District of Somerset ) File No. SLD- 324899 Somerset, Wisconsin ) ) Spring Hill Unified School District No. 230 ) File No. SLD- 289683 Spring Hill, Kansas ) ) St. Lawrence Catholic School ) Billed Entity No.- 37757 Tampa, Florida ) ) Sunnyside School District ) File No. SLD- 237039 Sunnyside, Washington ) ) Ticonderoga Central School District ) File No. SLD- 330492 Ticonderoga, New York ) ) Turner Unified School District No. 202 ) File No. SLD- 254190 Kansas City, Kansas ) ) Western New York Regional Information Center ) File No. SLD- 327211 West Seneca, New York ) ) Yeshivat Ateret Torah School ) File No. SLD- 314995 Brooklyn, New York ) ) 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2287 3 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: July 11, 2003 Released: July 14, 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 requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional sixty (60) days the deadline by which the Bureau must take action regarding the instant Requests for Review of decisions by the SLD. 1 Letter from Glenn Burket, Bedford Area School District, filed May 2, 2003; Letter from Kathy M. Fissel, Carlisle Area School District, filed April 8, 2003; Letter from Edward T. Elder, Center Area School District, filed April 4, 2003; Letter from Steve Rothenberg, Concord School District, filed April 16, 2003; Letter from Lawrence Eschbach, Diocese of Buffalo, filed April 22, 2003; Letter from Winston E. Himsworth, East Rockaway Union Free School District, filed April 15, 2003; Letter from Shirley J. Neeley, Galena Park Independent School District, filed April 28, 2003; Letter from Pete Cote, Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, filed April 30, 2003; Letter from Barbara Hiemstra, Grandville Public School District, filed April 16, 2003; Letter from Robert J. Wukitsch, Hazelwood School District, filed April 15, 2003; Letter from Ryan G. Zonnefeld, Hull Christian School, filed April 14, 2003; Letter from Marrybeth Heinemann, Illinois School for the Deaf, filed April 7, 2002; Letter from Lynn Easton, Kingman Unified School District No. 20, filed May 1, 2003; Letter from Brian A. MacFarland, Maine School Administrative District No. 56 , filed April 23, 2003; Letter from Karen Lesher, Navajo Education Technology Consortium, Inc., filed April 22, 2003; Letter from Bill Schwartzmiller, North Central Ohio Computer Cooperative, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from Gloria Proo, Pima Vocational High School, filed April 16, 2003; Letter from Jerry Jantz, Ponca City Public Schools, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from Bryan Leithiser, Reading Public Library, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from Jan Carlson, School District of Somerset, filed April 7, 2003; Letter from Myrna Momson, Spring Hill Unified School District No. 230, filed April 28, 2003; Letter from Laurie M. Collins, St. Lawrence Catholic School, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from J. M. Swatzell, Sunnyside School District, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from William Dodd, Ticonderoga Central School District, filed April 9, 2003; Letter from Becky Billigmeier, Turner Unified School District No. 202, filed May 1, 2003; Letter from Susan C. Melancon, Western New York Regional Information Center, filed April 28, 2003; Letter from Rabbi Chaim A. Weinberg, Yeshivat Ateret Torah School, filed April 8, 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). 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2287 4 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 sixty (60) days to September 29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Bedford Area School District, Bedford, Pennsylvania; to September 5, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Carlisle Area School District, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; to September 1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Center Area School District, Monaca, Pennsylvania; to September 12, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Concord School District, Concord, New Hampshire; to September 19, 2003, for Request for Review filed by Diocese of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; to September 12, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by East Rockaway Union Free School District, Seaford, New York; to September 26, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Galena Park Independent School District, Houston, Texas; to September 26, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, Baytown, Texas; to September 12, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Grandville Public School District, Grandville, Michigan; to September 12, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Hazelwood School District, Florissant, Missouri; to September 9, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Hull Christian School, Hull, Iowa; to September 1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Illinois School for the Deaf, Jacksonville, Illinois; to September 29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Kingman Unified School District No. 20, Kingman, Arizona; to September 19, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Maine School Administrative District No. 56, Searsport, Maine; to September 19, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Navajo Education Technology Consortium, Inc., Gallup, New Mexico; to September 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by North Central Ohio Computer Cooperative, Mansfield, Ohio; to September 12, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Pima Vocational High School, Tuscon, Arizona; to September 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Ponca City Public Schools, Ponca City, Oklahoma; to September 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Reading Public Library, Reading, Pennsylvania; to September 1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by School District of Somerset, Somerset, Wisconsin; to September 23, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Spring Hill Unified School District No. 230, Spring Hill, Kansas; to September 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by St. Lawrence Catholic School, Tampa, Florida; to September 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Sunnyside School District, Sunnyside, Washington; to September 5, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Ticonderoga Central School District, Ticonderoga, New York; to September 29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Turner Unified School District No. 202, Kansas City, Kansas; to September 23, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Western New York Regional Information Center, West Seneca, New York; to September 5, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Yeshivat Ateret Torah School, Brooklyn, New York. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 4 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2287 5 5