*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 37413* Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 986 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review ) ) Wood- Ridge Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 331673 Wood- Ridge, New Jersey ) ) Schools and Libraries Universal Service ) CC Docket No. 02- 6 Support Mechanism ) ORDER Adopted: April 9, 2004 Released: April 12, 2004 By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. The Telecommunications Access Policy Division has under consideration a Request for Review filed by Wood- Ridge Board of Education, Wood- Ridge, New Jersey (Wood- Ridge). 1 Wood- Ridge requests review of a decision by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator). 2 SLD returned, without consideration, Wood- Ridge’s Funding Year 2002 application for discounted services under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism because it omitted certain information required under SLD's minimum processing standards. 3 Specifically, Wood- Ridge did not provide the Funding Year in Block 1. 4 Consistent with existing precedent, we conclude that Wood- Ridge’s application was appropriately returned for failure to satisfy minimum processing standards. 5 We therefore deny its Request for Review. 1 Letter from Michael D. Leary, Wood- Ridge Board of Education, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 28, 2002. Section 54. 719( c) of the Commission's rules provides that any person aggrieved by an action taken by a division of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator) may seek review from the Commission. 47 C. F. R. 54. 719( c). 2 Request for Review. 3 Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Michael D. Leary, Wood- Ridge Board of Education, dated June 24, 2002. 4 FCC Form 471, Wood- Ridge Board of Education, filed January 15, 2002 (Wood- Ridge Form 471), at Block 1. 5 Request for Review by Sayville Library, Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., File No. SLD- 328881, CC Dockets No. 96- 45 and 97-21, Order, DA 03- 3637 (Wireline Comp. Bur. rel. Nov. 14, 2003). 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 986 2 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 by Wood- Ridge Board of Education, Wood- Ridge, New Jersey on June 28, 2003 IS DENIED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Narda M. Jones Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 2