Federal Communications Commission DA 11-1241
CORRECTED VERSION
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Requests for Review and/or Requests for Waiver 
of Decisions of the Universal Service 
Administrator by
Burlington Township School District
Burlington, New Jersey
Holy Name of Jesus School
Brooklyn, New York
Lakewood Cheder School
Lakewood, New Jersey
The Center for Life Enrichment
Washington, DC
The Potomac School
McLean, Virginia
Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support 
Mechanism
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File No. SLD-739222
File No. SLD-673537
File No. SLD-287218
File Nos. SLD-432979, 433078, 
433208,433178
File No. SLD-760915
CC Docket No. 02-6
ORDER
Adopted:  August 3, 2011 Released:  August 3, 2011
By the Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. Consistent with the Commission’s decision in the Alpaugh Unified School District 
Order,1 we grant five appeals of decisions by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) 
that reduce or deny funding from the E-rate program for various funding years because USAC found that 
  
1 Requests for Review of the Decision of the Universal Service Administrator by Alpaugh Unified School District et 
al., File Nos. SLD-523576, et al., CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 22 FCC Rcd 6035 (2007) (Alpaugh Unified School 
District Order) (granting 78 appeals of applicants denied funding because they failed to respond to USAC’s request 
for information within the USAC-specified time frame); see also Requests for Review and/or Waiver of the Decision 
of the Universal Service Administrator by Academia Bautista de Puerto Rico Nuevo et al., File Nos. SLD-348673, et 
al., CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 25 FCC Rcd 17751 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2010) (Academia Bautista de Puerto 
Nuevo Order) (granting 29 appeals of applicants denied funding because they failed to respond to USAC’s request 
for information within the USAC-specified time frame).
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the applicants failed to respond to USAC’s requests for additional information within the USAC-specified 
time frame.2 In Alpaugh Unified School District Order, the Commission granted 78 appeals of applicants 
denied funding because they failed to respond to USAC’s request for information within the USAC-
specified time frame.3 The Commission found that a complete rejection of the applications was not 
warranted, given that the applicants missed a USAC procedural deadline and did not violate a 
Commission rule.4 Based on our review of the record, we find that the same analysis applies, and we 
remand the underlying applications to USAC to allow the applicants another opportunity to respond to 
USAC’s requests for further information.  To ensure that the underlying applications are resolved 
expeditiously, we direct USAC to complete its review of each application listed in the appendix and issue 
an award or a denial based on a complete review and analysis no later than 90 calendar days from its 
receipt of the requested information.5
2. We also grant three petitioners waivers of our filing deadline for appeals6 because we 
find that they submitted their appeals to the Commission within a reasonable period of time after 
receiving actual notice of USAC’s adverse decisions.7
3. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to the authority contained in sections 1-4 
and 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151-154 and 254, and pursuant to 
authority delegated in sections 0.91, 0.291, 1.3, and 54.722(a) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. 
§§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.3, and 54.722(a), that the Requests for Review and/or Requests for Waiver filed by 
Burlington Township School District, Holy Name of Jesus, Lakewood Cheder School, The Center for 
Life Enrichment, and The Potomac School ARE GRANTED and their underlying applications ARE 
REMANDED to USAC for further consideration in accordance with the terms of this order.
  
2 Letter from Walter Spiehs, Burlington Township School District, to Office of the Secretary, Federal 
Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Oct. 5, 2010) (Burlington Request for Waiver); Letter 
from Joan Caccamo, Holy Name of Jesus School, to Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 
CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Mar. 22, 2010) (Jesus School Request for Review); Letter from Rabi Yechiel Waxman, 
Lakewood Cheder School, to Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 02-6 
(filed Aug. 16, 2004) (Lakewood Cheder School Request for Review); Letter from Ms. U. Blake, The Center for 
Life Enrichment, to Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Feb. 
8, 2006) (The Center for Life Enrichment Request for Review); Letter from Richard Senturia, Consultant, The 
Potomac School, to Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Jan. 
20, 2011) (The Potomac School Request for Review).  Section 54.719(c) of the Commission’s rules provides that 
any person aggrieved by an action taken by a division of USAC may seek review from the Commission.  47 C.F.R. 
§ 54.719(c) (2011).  The E-rate program is more formally known as the schools and libraries universal service 
support program.
3 Alpaugh Unified School District Order, 22 FCC Rcd at 6036-37, para. 4.
4 Id. at 6037, para. 5.
5 For those applications where the appropriate information was not submitted to USAC previously, we direct USAC 
to solicit submission of the information no later than 15 calendar days from the release of this order and to award 
funding, if warranted, no later than 90 calendar days from the receipt of the requested information.  
6 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.720 (2011).
7 Burlington Township School District, Holy Name of Jesus School, The Center for Life Enrichment, and The 
Potomac School.
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4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority contained in sections 1-4 and 
254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151-154 and 254, and sections 0.91, 
0.291, and 1.3 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, and 1.3 of the Commission’s rules, 
that section 54.720(a) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 54.720(a), ARE WAIVED for Burlington 
Township School District, Holy Name of Jesus School, The Center for Life Enrichment, and The 
Potomac School to the extent necessary as provided herein.
5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to the authority contained in sections 1-4 and 254 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151-154 and 254, and pursuant to 
authority delegated in sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91 and 0.291, 
that USAC SHALL COMPLETE its review of each remanded applications and ISSUE an award or denial 
based on a complete review and analysis no later than 90 calendar days from the release date of this order.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Gina M. Spade
Deputy Chief 
Telecommunications Access Policy Division
Wireline Competition Bureau