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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  2291 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  Decision  of  the  )  Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 )  New  Haven  Public  Schools  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  293055,  293347, 
 New  Haven,  Connecticut  )  293477,  299618  ) 
 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.  New  Haven  Public  Schools  (New  Haven),  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  seeks  review  of  a  December  20,  2002  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,  New  Haven  filed  its  appeal  on  February  20,  2003,  after  the  60-  day  period,  in  contravention  of  our  rules.  We  therefore  dismiss  the  appeal. 


 1  Letter  from  Dr.  Reginald  Mayo,  New  Haven  Public  Schools,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed 
 February  20,  2003  (Request  for  Review);  Letter  from  the  School  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Dr.  Reginald  Mayo,  New  Haven  Public  Schools,  dated  December  20,  2002;  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  February  20,  2003,  by  New  Haven  Public  Schools,  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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