Federal Communications Commission BA 11-1477
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC 20554
In the Matter of
Request for Review
of the Universal Service Administrator by
Cornwall-Lebanon School District
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Schools and Libraries Universal Service
Support Mechanism
ORDER
Adopted: September 2, 2011
File No. SLD-703571
CC Docket No. 02-6
Released: September 2, 2011
By the Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. Consistent with the Wireline Competition Bureau's (Bureau) decision in the Barrow County
SchoolDistrict Order,' we grant the appeal filed by Cornwall-Lebanon School District (Cornwall-
Lebanon) of a decision by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) that reduced funding
from the B-rate program for funding year 2010 because Cornwall-Lebanon inadvertently listed the wrong
service start date information on its FCC Form 486.2 As the Bureau found in Barrow County School
District Order, minor mistakes such as this do not warrant the complete rejection of this application given
that the applicant made a procedural error and did not violate a Commission rule.3 Therefore, we find
good cause to grant the appeal and remand the underlying application to USAC for further action
consistent with this order.
2. ACCORDiNGLY, IT IS 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. § 15 1-154 and 254, and 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),
the Requests for Review filed by Cornwall-Lebanon School District, Lebanon, Pennsylvania IS
GRANTED and the application IS REMANDED to USAC for further consideration in accordance with
the terms of this order.
Request for Review and/or Waiver ofDecisions of the Universal Service Athninistrator by Barrow County School
District Ellay, Georgia, et al., Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, File No. SLD-Nos.
681012, et al., CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 26 FCC Rcd 4028 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2011) (Barrow County School
District Order) (finding good cause to grant appeals when applicants inadvertently listed the wrong service start date
on their FCC Forms 486).
2 Letter from Joseph Kristobak, Jr., Superintendent, Cornwall-Lebanon School District, to Office of the Secretary,
Federal Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 02-6, filed August 8, 2011. Section 54.7 19(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. § 54.7 19(c) (2011). The E-rate program is more formally known as the schools
and libraries universal service support program.
Barrow County SchoolDistrict Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 4028, para. 2.
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3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to 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 54.722(a) of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.91, 0.29 1, 54.722(a), that USAC SHALL COMPLETE its review of
the underlying application and IS SUE an award or a denial based on a complete review and analysis no
later than 60 calendar days from the release date of this order.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
GinaM. Spade
Deputy Chief
Telecommunications Access Policy Division
Wireline Competition Bureau
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