*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 46471.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 05- 495 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Birch Run Area Schools ) File No. SLD- 387369 Birch Run, Michigan ) ) Brunswick County Schools ) File No. SLD- 400512 Bolivia, North Carolina ) ) Calhoun School ) File No. SLD- 369767 New York, New York ) ) Calumet City Public Library ) File No. SLD- 397978 Calumet City, Illinois ) ) Carrizozo Municipal Schools ) File No. SLD- 434194 Carrizozo, New Mexico ) ) Chesapeake Public Library System ) File Nos. SLD- 409639, 414295 Chesapeake, Virginia ) ) Central Islip Union Free School District ) File No. SLD- 341725 Seaford, New York ) ) Cold Springs School District 750 ) File No. SLD- 433479 Cold Spring, Minnesota ) ) Ewing Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 389540 Ewing, Nebraska ) ) Flint Public School District ) File No. SLD- 243962 Flint, Michigan ) ) Glenn County Office of Education ) File Nos. SLD- 428288, 430120, Willows, California ) 432923 ) Gorman Learning Center ) File No. SLD- 433523 Redlands, California ) ) Hampton Township School District ) File No. SLD- 321084 Allison Park, Pennsylvania ) ) Houston Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 367296 Houston, Texas ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 05- 495 2 Information Transport Solutions, Inc. ) File No. SLD- 303637 Wetumpka, Alabama ) ) Lutheran School ) File No. SLD- 148299 Bayside, New York ) ) Lynd Public School ) File No. SLD- 393043 Lynd, Minnesota ) ) Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools ) File No. SLD- 360441 El Rito, New Mexico ) ) Montessori Day Schools ) File No. SLD- 417896, 417776 Phoenix, Arizona ) ) Pierson Library ) File No. SLD- 406663 Montpelier, Vermont ) ) Plymouth- Canton Community Schools ) File No. SLD- 375805 Plymouth, Michigan ) ) Saint Patrick High School ) File Nos. SLD- 236996, 289377 Chicago, Illinois ) ) Star ISD ) File No. SLD- 406737 Star, Texas ) ) Toras Imecha ) File Nos. SLD- 404918, 421609 Lakewood, New Jersey ) ) Vernon Verona Sherrill Central School ) File No. SLD- 355243 Vernon, New York ) ) Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support ) CC Docket No. 02- 6 Mechanism ) ORDER Adopted: February 25, 2005 Released: February 28, 2005 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 1 Letter from Daryl Tilley, Birch Run Area Schools, filed November 16, 2004; Letter from Leornard Jenkins, Brunswick County Schools, filed November 8, 2004; Letter from Jennifer McMurray, Calhoun School, filed November 23, 2004; Letter from Richard Gast, Calumet City Public Library, filed November 5, 2004; Letter from Wes Corley, Carrizozo Municipal Schools, filed November 22, 2004; Letter from Margaret Stillman, Chesapeake Public Library System, filed November 18, 2004; Letter from Winston Himsworth, Central Islip Union Free School District, filed November 15, 2004; Letter from Kurt Langer, Cold Springs School District 750, filed November 22, 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 05- 495 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 requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional sixty (60) 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 sixty (60) days to April 15, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Birch Run Area Schools, Birch Run, Michigan; to April 5, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Brunswick County Schools, Bolivia, North Carolina; to April 22, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Calhoun School, New York, New York; to April 4, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Calumet City Public Library, Calumet City, Illinois; to April 19, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Carrizozo Municipal Schools, Carrizozo, New Mexico; to April 18, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Chesapeake Public Library System, Chesapeake, Virginia; to April 12, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Central Islip Union Free School District, Seaford, New York; to April 19, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Cold Springs School District 750, Cold Spring, Minnesota; to April 5, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Ewing Public Schools, Ewing, Nebraska; to April 1, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Flint Public School District, Flint, Michigan; to April 8, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Glenn County Office of Education, Willows, California; to April 5, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Gorman Learning Center, Redlands, California; to April 29, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Hampton Township School District, Allison Park, Pennsylvania; to April 5, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Houston Independent School District, Houston, Texas; to April 12, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Information Transport Solutions, Inc., Wetumpka, Alabama; to April 22, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Lutheran School, Bayside, New York; to April 8, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Lynd Public School, Lynd, Minnesota; to April 15, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools, El Rito, New Mexico; to April 29, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Montessori Day Schools, Phoenix, Arizona; to March 31, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Pierson Library, Montpelier, Vermont; to April 15, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Plymouth- Canton Community Schools, Plymouth, Michigan; to April 18, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, Illinois; to April 8, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Star ISD, Star, Texas; to April 15, 2005, for the Request for 2004; Letter from Greg Appleby, Ewing Public Schools, filed November 8, 2004; Letter from William Lynch, Flint Public School District, filed November 1, 2004; Letter from Joni Samples, Glenn County Office of Education, filed November 9, 2004; Letter from Nancy Long, Gorman Learning Center, filed November 8, 2004; Letter from Lawrence Korchnak, Hampton Township School District, filed November 29, 2004; Letter from William Edwards, Houston Independent School District, filed November 8, 2004; Letter from Tomi Selby, Information Transport Solutions, Inc., filed November 15, 2004; Letter from Paul Albert, Lutheran School, filed November 24, 2004; Letter from Bruce Houck, Lynd Public School, filed November 9, 2004; Letter from Dennis Anderson, Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools, filed November 15, 2004; Letter from Ed Huffman, Montessori Day Schools, filed November 29, 2004; Letter from Marian Kenseth, Pierson Library, filed November 1, 2004; Letter from James Casteel, Plymouth- Canton Community Schools, filed November 17, 2004; Letter from Marilyn Wenzel, Saint Patrick High School, filed November 18, 2004; Letter from Roger Hashem, Star ISD, filed November 9, 2004; Letter from Sheya Gelbwachs, Toras Imecha, filed November 17, 2004; Letter from Pamela Fuller, Vernon Verona Sherrill Central School, filed November 24, 2004 (collectively, 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). 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 05- 495 4 Review filed by Toras Imecha, Lakewood, New Jersey; to April 22, 2005, for the Request for Review filed by Vernon Verona Sherrill Central School, Vernon, New York. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Vickie S. Robinson Deputy Chief Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 4