*Pages 1--5 from Microsoft Word - 31689* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2977 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) American Falls School District No. 1381 ) File No. SLD- 380611 American Falls, Idaho ) ) Approach Learning and Assessment Centers ) File No. SLD- 297762 (filed by E- Rate Consulting) ) Winston- Salem, North Carolina ) ) Banning Unified School District ) File Nos. SLD- 295351, 312273 Banning, California ) ) CRW Consulting, LLC ) File Nos. SLD- 306785, 303203, Tulsa, Oklahoma ) 307124, 297420, 306762 ) El Monte Unified High School District, et al ) File Nos. SLD- 295589, 303357, El Monte, California ) 305956, 311437, 313520, 314228 ) Florence County School District 3 ) File Nos. SLD- 224402, 224408, Chicago, Illinois ) 224412, 224418, 224419, 227486 ) Fowler Elementary School District No 45 ) File No. SLD- 298897 Arizona ) ) Grant Joint Union High School District ) File No. SLD- 316355 McClellan, California ) ) Helena Public School District ) File No. SLD- 329699 Helena, Montana ) ) Humble Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 380437 Humble, Texas ) ) International Business Machines Corporation ) File No. SLD- 302305 (filed on behalf of Winton- Salem/ Forsyth ) County School District) ) Winston- Salem, North Carolina ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2977 2 Integrity Communications on behalf of San Diego ) File No. SLD- 317808 Independent School District ) San Diego, Texas ) ) Iroquois West Community Unit School ) File No. SLD- 343292 District No. 10 ) Gilman, Illinois ) ) John A. Coleman Catholic High School ) Billed Entity No. 13863 Hurley, New York ) ) Knox County School District ) File No. SLD- 215885 Knoxville, Tennessee ) ) Lake City Area School District ) File No. SLD- 35738 Michigan ) ) Lincoln Parish School Board ) File Nos. SLD- 344917, 359293 Ruston, Louisiana ) 373945, 373993, 378343 ) Nampa School District No. 13 ) File No. SLD- 318599 Nampa, Idaho ) ) Ohr Haemet Institute ) File No. SLD- 227901 Los Angeles, California ) ) OneNet ) File Nos. SLD- 139469, 136909 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) 149283 ) Owensboro Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 241629 Owensboro, Kentucky ) ) Penn Cambria School District ) File No. SLD- 340427 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Rosemead School District ) File Nos. SLD- 303357 Rosemead, California ) ) School Board of Alachua County ) File No. SLD- 266209 Gainesville, Florida ) ) School District of Palm Beach County ) File No. SLD- 328065 West Palm Beach, Florida ) ) Southwest Plains Regional Service Center ) File Nos. SLD- 109071, 107527 Sublette, Kansas ) 75145, 69113 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2977 3 ) Starkville School District ) File Nos. SLD- 306276, 305788 Starkville, Mississippi ) 314970 ) Sts. Peter and Paul School ) File No. SLD- 372104 Warren, Ohio ) ) Tamaroa Public School District No. 5 ) File No. SLD- 340729 Tamaroa, Illinois ) ) Virgin Island Department of Education ) File No. SLD- 331593 St. Thomas, Virgin Islands ) ) Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel ) File Nos. SLD- 222194, 226981 Brooklyn, New York ) ) Federal- State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 02- 6 Universal Service ) ) ORDER Adopted: September 26, 2003 Released: September 29, 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 1 Letter from Dr. Robert Johnston, American Falls School District No. 1381, filed June 30, 2003; Letter from Robert Morrow, Approach Learning and Assessment Centers (filed by E- Rate Consulting), filed June 20, 2003; Letter from E. Ashton Johnston, Banning Unified School District, filed June 6, 2003; Letter from Chris Webber, CRW Consulting, LLC, filed June 13, 2003; Letter from E. Ashton Johnston, El Monte Unified High School District, et al, filed June 19, 2003; Letter from D. Scott Barash, Florence County School District 3, filed June 9, 2003; Letter from Fowler Elementary School District No 45, filed June 26, 2003; Letter from Jim Chapman, Grant Joint Union High School District, filed June 6, 2003; Letter from Barbara Ridgway, Helena Public School District, filed June 10, 2003; Letter from Bill Alexander, Humble Independent School District, filed June 18, 2003; Letter from Colleen Boothby, International Business Machines Corporation (filed on behalf of Winston- Salem/ Forsyth County School District) , filed June 20, 2003; Letter from Walter Steimel, Integrity Communications on behalf of San Diego Independent School District, filed June 12, 2003; Letter from Scott J. Oyer, Iroquois West Community Unit School District No. 10, filed June 19, 2003; Letter from William F. Berardi, John A. Coleman Catholic High School, filed June 4, 2003; Letter from Pat Dickens, Knox County School District, filed June 4, 2003; Letter from Lake City Area School District, filed June 19, 2003; Letter from Gerald W. Cobb, Lincoln Parish School Board, filed June 10, 2003; Letter from Bill Beverage, Nampa School District- 131, filed June 5, 2003; Letter from Rabbi David Akhamizadeh, Ohr Haemet Ahavas Israel, filed June 23, 2003; Letter from Kurt A. Snodgrass, OneNet, filed June 13, 2003; Letter from Ron Milliner, Owensboro Public Schools, filed June 11, 2003; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Penn Cambria School District, filed June 4, 2003; Letter from Dr. Lila Wills Bronson, Rosemead School District, filed 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2977 4 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. 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 November 25, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by American Falls School District No. 1381, American Falls, Idaho; to November 18, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Approach Learning and Assessment Centers (filed by E- Rate Consulting), Woodstock, Georgia; to November 4, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Banning Unified School District, Banning, California; to November 11, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by CRW Consulting, LLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma; to November 15, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by El Monte Unified High School District, et al, El Monte, California; to November 4, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Florence County School District 3, Chicago, Illinois; to November 22, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Fowler Elementary School District No 45, Arizona; to October 31, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Grant Joint Union High School District, McClellan, California; to November 7, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Helena Public School District, Helena, Montana; to November 15, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Humble Independent School District, Humble, Texas; to November 18, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by International Business Machines Corporation (filed on behalf of Winston- Salem/ Forsyth County School District), Winston- Salem, North Carolina; to November 8, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Integrity Communications on behalf of San Diego Independent School District, San Diego, Texas; to November 15, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Iroquois West Community Unit School District No. 10, Gilman, Illinois; to November 1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by John A. Coleman Catholic High School, Hurley, New York; to November 1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Knox County School District, Knoxville, Tennessee; to November 15, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Lake City Area School District, Michigan; to November 7, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Lincoln Parish School Board, Ruston, Louisiana; to November 1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Nampa School District- 131, Nampa, Idaho; to November 18, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Ohr Haemet Institute, Los Angeles, California; to November 11, 2003; for the Request for Review filed by OneNet, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to November 8, June 23, 2003; Letter from Jim Utley, School Board of Alachua County, filed June 24, 2003; Letter from Kemal Hawa, School District of Palm Beach County, filed June 16, 2003; Letter from Carol J. Swinney, Southwest Plains Regional Service Center, filed June 11, 2003; Letter from Marion Schiefer, Starkville School District, filed June 9, 2003; Letter from Sister Margaret Mary, Sts. Peter and Paul School, filed June 16, 2003; Letter from Robert Trover, Tamaroa Public School District No. 5, filed June 23, 2003; Letter from Noreen Michael, Virgin Islands Department of Education, filed June 17, 2003; Letter from Shlomo Levine, Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel, filed July 9, 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 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 2977 5 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Owensboro Public Schools, Owensboro, Kentucky; to November 1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Penn Cambria School District , Cleveland, Ohio; to November 18, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Rosemead School District, Rosemead, California; to November 21, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by School Board of Alachua County, Gainesville, Florida; to November 11, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by School District of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Florida; to November 8, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Southwest Plains Regional Service Center, Sublette, Kansas; to November 4, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Starkville School District, Starkville, Mississippi; to November 11, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Sts. Peter and Paul School, Warren, Ohio; to November 18, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Tamaroa Public School District No. 5, Tamaroa, Illinois; to November 14, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Virgin Island Department of Education, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; to November 18, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel, Brooklyn, New York. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 5