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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  3630 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  Decision  of  the  )  Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 )  Atchison  Public  Schools  )  File  No.  SLD-  298749 
 Atchison,  Kansas  )  ) 
 Schools  and  Libraries  Universal  Service  )  CC  Docket  No.  02-  6  Support  Mechanism  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  12,  2003  Released:  November  13,  2003 
 By  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  Atchison  Public  Schools  (Atchison  PS),  Atchison,  Kansas,  seeks  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative 
 Company  (Administrator),  on  January  21,  2003.  1  For  a  review  of  decisions  by  SLD,  appeals  to  the  Commission  must  be  filed  within  60  days  of  the  issuance  of  the  SLD  decision  date.  2  Here, 
 Atchison  PS  filed  its  appeal  on  September  22,  2003,  after  the  60-  day  period,  in  contravention  of  our  rules.  We  therefore  dismiss  the  appeal. 


 1  Letter  from  Corbin  Witt,  Atchison  Public  Schools,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  September  22, 
 2003  (Request  for  Review);  Letter  from  the  School  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Corbin  Witt,  Atchison  Public  Schools,  dated  January  21,  2003.  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  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.720(  b).  See  In  the  Matter  of  Schools  and  Libraries  Universal  Service  Support  Mechanism,  CC 
 Docket  No.  02-  6,  Second  Report  and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  18  FCC  Rcd  9202,  9221  (2003). 
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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  September  22,  2003,  by  Atchison  Public  Schools,  Atchison,  Kansas,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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