*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 24231.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 37 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Aberdeen School District No. 5 ) File No. SLD- 297249 Aberdeen, Washington ) ) Abington School District ) File No. SLD- 309152 Abington, Pennsylvania ) ) Barberton City School District ) File No. SLD- 288746 Barberton, Ohio ) ) Blessed Sacrament School ) File No. SLD- 318627 New Rochelle, New York ) ) Boardman Local Schools ) File No. SLD- 328276 Youngstown, Ohio ) ) Educational Service Unit No. 1 ) File No. SLD- 328324 Wakefield, Nebraska ) ) Highland School District No. 305 ) File No. SLD- 327965 Craigmont, Idaho ) ) Idaho Falls School District No. 91 ) File No. SLD- 232506 Idaho Falls, Idaho ) ) Lotus Academy ) File No. SLD- 330213 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) ) Madison County Schools ) File No. SLD- 301201 Danielsville, Georgia ) ) Milwaukee Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 301938 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) ) Montgomery County- Norristown ) File No. SLD- 285801 Public Library ) Norristown, Pennsylvania ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 37 2 Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired ) File No. SLD- 298124 Austin, Texas ) ) Vicksburg Warren School District ) File No. SLD- 265505 Vicksburg. Mississippi ) ) Wood- Ridge Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 331623 Wood- Ridge, New Jersey ) ) 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: January 8, 2003 Released: January 9, 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 extended by sixty (60) days the time 1 Letter from Michael R. Williams, Aberdeen School District No. 5, filed July 10, 2002; Letter from S. Robert Wagman, Abington School District, filed July 18, 2002; Letter from Nancy Baker, Barberton City School District, filed August 5, 2002; Letter from Dr. Joan Woods, Blessed Sacrament School, filed July 10, 2002; Letter from Bob Wright, Boardman Local Schools, filed July 31, 2002; Letter from Jim Hopkins, Educational Service Unit No. 1, filed July 18, 2002; Letter from Ivy Breen, Highland School District No. 305, filed August 1, 2002; John A. Christensen, Idaho Falls School District 91, filed July 29, 2002; Letter from Dr. Ina Walker, Lotus Academy, filed July 19, 2002; Letter from Amy L. Denman, Madison County Schools, filed July 18, 2002; Letter from Scott Temperly, Milwaukee Public Schools, filed July 8, 2002; Letter from Laurie Tynan, Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library, filed July 18, 2002; Letter from Craig A. Abbe, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, filed July 15, 2002; Letter from Hugh Cummings, Vicksburg Warren School District, filed July 17, 2002; Letter from Michael D. Leary, Wood- Ridge Board of Education, filed July 8, 2002 (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). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 37 3 period for considering the Requests for Review. 4 The Bureau requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional thirty (30) 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 thirty (30) days to January 8, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Aberdeen School District No. 5, Aberdeen, Washington; to January 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Abington School District, Abington, Pennsylvania; to January 30, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Barberton City School District, Barberton, Ohio; to January 8, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Blessed Sacrament School, New Rochelle, New York; to January 27, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Boardman Local Schools, Youngstown, Ohio; to January 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Educational Service Unit No. 1, Wakefield, Nebraska; to January 29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Highland School District No. 305, Craigmont, Idaho; to January 23, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Idaho Falls School District No. 91, Idaho Falls, Idaho; to January 15, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Lotus Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to January 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Madison County Schools, Danielsville, Georgia; to January 2, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; to January 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Montgomery County- Norristown Public Library, Norristown, Pennsylvania; to January 13, 2003, for the Request for the Request for Review filed by Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Austin, Texas; to January 15, 2003 for the Request for Review filed by Vicksburg Warren School District, Vicksburg, Mississippi; 4 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Aberdeen School District No. 5, Aberdeen, Washington, et al., Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, Order, DA 02- 2828 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Oct. 25, 2002). Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Barberton City School District, Barberton, Ohio, et al., Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, Order, DA 02-3251 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Nov. 27, 2002). 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 37 4 to January 6, 2003 for the Request for Review filed by Wood- Ridge Board of Education, Wood-Ridge, New Jersey. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 4