*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 24969.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 393 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Banning Unified School District ) File No. SLD- 226998 Banning, California ) ) Burgundy Farm Country Day School ) File No. SLD- 191800 Alexandria, Virginia ) ) Our Lady of Refuge School ) File No. SLD- 203596 Brooklyn, New York ) ) Prairie- Hills Elementary School District No. 144 ) File No. SLD- 252724 Hazel Crest, Illinois ) ) School District of the Wisconsin Dells ) File No. SLD- 245387 Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin ) ) Stafford Municipal School District ) File No. SLD- 312485 Stafford, Texas ) ) 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: February 10, 2003 Released: February 11, 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 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 393 2 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 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 March 19, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Banning Unified School District, Banning, California; to March 6, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, Virginia; to March 19, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Our Lady of Refuge School, Brooklyn, New York; to March 17, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Prairie Hills Elementary School District No. 144, Hazel Crest, Illinois; to March 6, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by School District of the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin; to March 31, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Stafford Municipal School District, Stafford, Texas. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 1 Letter from Robert Rivera, Banning Unified School District, filed September 20, 2002; Letter from Kelsey Neal and Jerry Marchildon, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, filed September 9, 2002; Letter from Regina M. Padron, Our Lady of Refuge School, filed September 20, 2002; Letter from J. Kay Giles, Prairie Hills Elementary School District No. 144, filed September 17, 2002; Letter from Ann Gissal and Albert King, School District of Wisconsin Dells, filed September 9, 2002; Letter from Charlotte Holden, Stafford Municipal School District, filed October 4, 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). 4 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Baltimore County Public Schools, Towson, Maryland, 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 03- 38 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Jan. 9, 2003). 2