*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 44758.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 3900 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Atek Construction, Inc. ) File No. SLD- 153005 Costa Mesa, California ) ) Bath County Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 392300 Owingsville, Kentucky ) ) Brown County Schools ) File No. SLD- 423655 Nashville, Indiana ) ) Colton School District No. 53 ) File No. SLD- 434227 Colton, Oregon ) ) DeSoto Parish School Board and Tensas Parish ) File Nos. SLD- 288236, 291803 School Board ) Baton Rouge, Louisiana ) ) Kearney Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 396314 Kearney, Nebraska ) ) Kent City Schools ) File No. SLD- 231188 Kent City, Ohio ) ) Kentucky Department of Education ) File Nos. SLD- 368830, 381199, Frankfort, Kentucky ) 347788, 369316, 375220, 364434, ) 363267, 372802, 365214, 367792, ) 363648, 360082, 381100, 371434, ) 362629, 363713, 361782, 374958, ) 371130 ) Lavalette Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 430991 Lavalette, New Jersey ) ) Maine School Administrative District No. 36 ) File No. SLD- 434452 Livermore Falls, Maine ) ) Maumee City School District ) File No. SLD- 433796 Maumee, Ohio ) ) Mililani Mauka Elementary ) File No. SLD- 435235 Honolulu, Hawaii ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 3900 2 Moencopi Day School ) File No. SLD- 388623 Tuba City, Arizona ) ) Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/ b/ a SBC California ) File No. SLD- 179828 San Jose, California ) ) Perrysburg Schools ) File No. SLD- 433571 Perrysburg, Ohio ) ) Phenix City Public Schools ) File Nos. SLD- 322329, 323545 Phenix City, Alabama ) ) Rangeley Public Library ) File No. SLD- 412504 Rangeley, Maine ) ) Southwestern Bell Telephone Company ) File No. SLD- 202704 Corpus Cristi, Texas ) ) Washington Local Schools ) File No. SLD- 434128 Toledo, Ohio ) ) Wayne County Public Schools ) File Nos. SLD- 375448, 375599, Cleveland, Ohio ) 375634, 375658 ) Yeshiva Masoras Avos ) File No. SLD- 347572 Lakewood, New Jersey ) ) Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support ) CC Docket No. 02- 6 Mechanism ) ORDER Adopted: Decmeber 15, 2004 Released: December 16, 2004 By the Deputy Chief, 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 Ali Taha, Atek Construction, Inc., filed July 19, 2004; Letter from Ronnie Bailey, Bath County Board of Education, filed July 26, 2004; Letter from John Emkes, Brown County Schools, filed July 8, 2004; Letter from Jeff Flaig, Colton School District No. 53, filed July 6, 2004; Letter from Kenneth Sills, DeSoto Parish School Board and Tensas Parish School Board, filed July 27, 2004; Letter from Karl Yeutter and Dr. Ken Anderson, Kearney Public Schools, filed July19, 2004; Letter from Dr. Joseph Giancola, Kent City Schools, filed July 28, 2004; Letter from Amy Worlton, Kentucky Department of Education, filed July 20, 2004; Letter from Patricia Christopher, Lavalette Board of Education, filed July 27, 2004; Letter from Terry Despres, Maine School Administrative District No. 36, filed July 26, 2004; Letter from Paul Brotzki, Maumee City School District, filed July 19, 2004; Letter from Glenn Minami, Mililani Mauka Elementary, filed July 30, 2004; Letter from Wendell Coats, Moencopi Day School, filed August 2, 2004; Letter from Christopher Heimann, Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/ b/ a SBC California, filed July 14, 2004; Letter from Richard Jones, Perrysburg Schools, filed July 20, 2004; Letter from 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 3900 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 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 January 13, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Atek Construction, Inc., Costa Mesa, California; to January 20, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Bath County Board of Education, Owingsville, Kentucky; to January 5, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Brown County Schools, Nashville, Indiana; to January 3, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Colton School District No. 53, Colton, Oregon; to January 26, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by DeSoto Parish School Board and Tensas Parish School Board, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; to January 13, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Kearney Public Schools, Kearney, Nebraska; to January 26, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Kent City Schools, Kent City, Ohio; to January 18, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Kentucky Department of Education, Frankfort, Kentucky; to January 26, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Lavalette Board of Education, Lavalette, New Jersey; to January 20, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Maine School Administrative District No. 36, Livermore Falls, Maine; to January 13, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Maumee City School District, Maumee, Ohio; to January 26, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Mililani Mauka Elementary, Honolulu, Hawaii; to January 28, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Moencopi Day School, Tuba City, Arizona; to January 10, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/ b/ a SBC California, San Jose, California; to January 18, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Perrysburg Schools, Perrysburg, Ohio; to January 13, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Phenix City Public Schools, Phenix City, Alabama; to January 26, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Rangeley Public Library, Rangeley, Maine; to January 10, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Corpus Cristi, Texas; to January 18, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Washington Local Schools, Toledo, Ohio; to January 3, 2005 Larry Dichiara, Phenix City Public Schools, filed July 19, 2004; Letter from Sue Downes- Borko, Rangeley Public Library, filed July 29, 2004; Letter from Christopher Heimann, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, filed July 13, 2004; Letter from David Bringman, Washington Local Schools, filed July 21, 2004; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wayne County Public Schools, filed July 6, 2004; Letter from Pesach Grossman, Yeshiva Masoras Avos, filed July 19, 2004 (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 Atek Construction, Inc., Costa Mesa, California, et al., Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., CC Docket No. 02- 6, Order, DA 04- 3160 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Oct. 5, 2004). 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 3900 4 for the Request for Review filed by Wayne County Public Schools, Cleveland, Ohio; to January 13, 2005 for the Request for Review filed by Yeshiva Masoras Avos, Lakewood, New Jersey. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Vickie S. Robinson Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 4