*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 32286* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 3224 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Bridport Central Elementary School ) File No. SLD- 368405 Middlebury, Vermont ) ) Chesterfield County Public Schools ) File Nos. SLD- 215632, 215881 Chesterfield, Virginia ) ) Crane Schools ) File No. SLD- 315800 Yuma, Arizona ) ) Gasconade County R- 1 School District ) File No. SLD- 343258 Hermann, Missouri ) ) Integrity Communications (Filed on behalf ) File No. SLD- 313544 of Point Isabel Independent School District ) Port Isabel, Texas ) ) Integrity Communications (Filed on behalf ) File No. SLD- 304313 West Oso, Texas ) ) Jackson District Library ) File No. SLD- 386004 Jackson, Michigan ) ) Jackson Public School District ) File No. SLD- 381996 Jackson, Mississippi ) ) Mexicayotl Academy ) File No. SLD- 373448 Nogales, Arizona ) ) Nemaha Valley Schools Unified School District ) File No. SLD- 336113 No. 442 ) Seneca, Kansas ) ) Our Lady of Refuge ) File No. SLD- 346749 Brooklyn, New York ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 3224 2 Saint Vincent’s Home School ) File No. SLD- 250150 Fall River, Massachusetts ) ) School District of Greenville County ) File Nos. SLD- 312516, 316813 Greenville, South Carolina ) ) Springfield Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 262612 Springfield, Massachusetts ) ) Upper Adams ) File No. SLD- 384741 Bilgerville, Pennsylvania ) ) Volusia County Schools ) File No. SLD- 264583 DeLand, Florida ) ) Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support ) CC Docket No. 02- 6 Mechanism ) ) ORDER Adopted: October 15, 2003 Released: October 16, 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 Patricia W. Aigner, Bridport Central Elementary School, filed July 22, 2003; Letter from Brian D. Jones, Chesterfield County Public Schools, filed July 23, 2003; Letter from Herb Harries, Crane Schools, filed July 8, 2003; Letter from Mark D. Leech, Gasconade County R- 1 School District, filed August 8, 2003; Letter from Walter Steimel, Jr., Integrity Communications (filed on behalf of Point Isabel Independent School District), filed July 7, 2003; Letter from Walter Steimel, Jr., Integrity Communications (filed on behalf of West Oso Independent School District), filed July 10, 2003; Letter from Daniel Kuras, Jackson District Library, filed August 1, 2003; Letter from Willie Johnson, Jackson Public School District, filed August 4, 2003; Letter from Dora Alvidrez- Urias, Mexicayotl Academy, filed July 8, 2003; Letter from Brian Harris, Nemaha Valley Schools Unified School District No. 442, filed July 14, 2003; Letter from Robert Thoering, Our Lady of Refuge, filed August 1, 2003; Letter from Paul Michael, Saint Vincent’s Home School, filed August 1, 2003; Letter from D. Scott Barash, School District of Greenville County, filed July 8, 2003; Letter from Dr. Joseph P. Burke, Springfield Public Schools, filed July 30, 2003; Letter from Jim Van Dyke, Upper Adams , filed July 15, 2003; Letter from William E. Hall, Volusia County Schools, filed July 14, 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). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 3224 3 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 December 22, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Bridport Central Elementary School, Middlebury, Vermont; to December 22, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Chesterfield County Public Schools, Chesterfield, Virginia; to December 5, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Crane Schools, Yuma, Arizona; to December 30, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Gasconade County R- 1 School District, Hermann, Missouri; to December 2, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Integrity Communications (filed on behalf of Point Isabel Independent School District), Port Isabel, Texas; to December 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Integrity Communications (filed on behalf of West Oso Independent School District), West Oso, Texas; to December 29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Jackson District Library, Jackson, Michigan; to December 30, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Jackson Public School District, Jackson, Mississippi; to December 5, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Mexicayotl Academy, Nogales, Arizona; to December 2, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Nemaha Valley Schools Unified School District No. 442, Seneca, Kansas; to December 29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Our Lady of Refuge, Brooklyn, New York; to December 29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Saint Vincent’s Home School, Fall River, Massachusetts; to December 5, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by School District of Greenville County, Greenville, South Carolina; to December 29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, Massachusetts; to December 12, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Upper Adams , Bilgerville, Pennsylvania; to December 9, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Volusia County Schools, DeLand, Florida; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 724( a). 3