Federal Communications Commission DA 22-575 DA 22-575 Released: May 31, 2022 STREAMLINED RESOLUTION OF REQUESTS RELATED TO ACTIONS BY THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY CC Docket No. 02-6 WC Docket No. 21-93 WC Docket No. 10-90 WC Docket No. 02-60 WC Docket No. 18-213 Pursuant to our procedure for resolving requests for review, requests for waiver, and petitions for reconsideration of decisions related to actions taken by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) that are consistent with precedent (collectively, Requests), the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants, dismisses, or denies the following Requests. See Streamlined Process for Resolving Requests for Review of Decisions by the Universal Service Administrative Company, CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 02-6, WC Docket Nos. 02-60, 06-122, 08-71, 10-90, 11-42, and 14-58, Public Notice, 29 FCC Rcd 11094 (WCB 2014). Sections 54.719(b) and 54.1718(a)(1) of the Commission’s rules provide that any person aggrieved by an action taken by a division of USAC, after first seeking review at USAC, may seek review from the Commission. Section 54.719(c) and section 54.1718(a)(3) of the Commission’s rules provide that parties seeking waivers of the Commission’s rules shall seek review directly from the Commission. 47 CFR §§ 54.719(b)-(c) and 54.1718(a)(1),(3). In this Public Notice, we have reclassified as Requests for Waiver any appeals seeking review of a USAC decision that appropriately should have requested a waiver of the Commission’s rules. Similarly, we have reclassified as Requests for Review any appeals seeking a waiver of the Commission’s rules but that are, in fact, seeking review of a USAC decision. The deadline for filing petitions for reconsideration or applications for review concerning the disposition of any of these Requests is 30 days from the release date of this Public Notice. See 47 CFR §§ 1.106(f), 1.115(d); see also 47 CFR § 1.4(b)(2) (setting forth the method for computing the amount of time within which persons or entities must act in response to deadlines established by the Commission). Schools and Libraries (E-Rate) CC Docket No. 02-6 Granted We remand these applications to USAC and direct USAC to complete its review of the applications and issue a funding decision based on a complete review and analysis, no later than 90 calendar days from the release date of this Public Notice. In remanding these applications to USAC, we make no finding as to the ultimate eligibility of the services or the petitioners’ applications. We also waive sections 54.507(d) and 54.514(a) of the Commission’s rules and direct USAC to waive any procedural deadline that might be necessary to effectuate our ruling. See 47 CFR § 54.507(d) (requiring non-recurring services to be implemented by September 30 following the close of the funding year); 47 CFR § 54.514(a) (codifying the invoice filing deadline). Competitive Bidding – Applicant Selected Lowest-Cost Provider See, e.g., Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Allendale County School District et al.; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 26 FCC Rcd 6109, 6115-17, paras. 10-12 (WCB 2011) (waiving certain competitive bidding requirements, including price as the primary factor, when the applicant selected the lowest priced option and there was no evidence of waste, fraud or abuse). Brockton Public School District, MA, Application No. 1036475, Request for Review and/or Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Sep. 13, 2016) Invoice Timely Filed We find, based on the record before us, that Putnam City Independent School District 1 timely filed its FCC Forms 472 (Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement (BEAR) Forms) on October 15, 2020, before the October 28, 2020 invoice filing deadline, and timely filed an appeal on November 29, 2021 when the invoices were rejected. Because USAC summarily denied the appeal as a request for a waiver of the invoice filing deadline, we now instruct USAC on remand to reexamine the applicant’s November 29, 2021 appeal and consider the arguments raised on the merits. In remanding this appeal to USAC, we make no finding as to the merits of the applicant’s appeal. See also supra note 3. Putnam City Independent School District 1, OK, Application No. 191007743, Request for Review and/or Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Feb. 11, 2022) Late-Filed FCC Form 471 Applications – Application Filed More than 30 Days Late See Requests for Waiver and Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Agri-Business Child Development et al.; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 35 FCC Rcd 8278, 8280, para. 7 (WCB 2020) (Agri-Business Child Development Order) (finding good cause to waive the FCC Form 471 application filing deadline for applicants impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that requested a waiver of the filing deadline and submitted their applications within 60 days of the close of the filing window).  Because the Agri-Business Child Development Order was released August 6, 2020 after the funding year 2020 window had closed, the Bureau also found good cause existed to waive the funding year 2020 FCC Form 471 application filing deadline for those applicants filing their applications on or before that date, waiving the filing deadline for applications that were submitted up to 99 days late. We extend this waiver standard to funding year 2022 applicants but emphasize that this additional relief applies only to this subset of applications and applicants should not expect the Commission to grant additional waivers absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances. Akron Public Library, CO, Application No. 221040275, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 29, 2022) Blair Christian Academy, PA, Application No. 221040218, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 23, 2022) Blair Christian Academy, PA, Application No. 221040219, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 23, 2022) Cook Memorial Public Library District, IL, Application No. 221040248, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 29, 2022) Cook Memorial Public Library District, IL, Application No. 221040279, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 29, 2022) Deer Lodge Public Library, TN, Application No. 221040233, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 25, 2022) Gesher Jewish Day School, VA, Application No. 221040044, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) Hendrick Hudson School District, NY, Application No. 221040231, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 25, 2022) Red Bud School District 132, IL, Application No. 221025614, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) Scott County Unified School District 466, KS, Application No. 221040210, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 22, 2022) Shelby County Catholic School, IA, Application No. 221040276, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 29, 2022) Southgate Independent School District, KY, Application No. 221040207, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 22, 2022) St. John Lutheran School, WI, Application Nos. 221040216, 221040215, 221040178, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) St. John Lutheran School’s Application No. 221040178 was filed less than 30 days late. See, e.g., Requests for Waiver and Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Abbotsford School District et al.; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 27 FCC Rcd 15299, 15300, para. 2 (WCB 2012) (Abbotsford School District Order) (finding that the applicant filed their FCC Form 471 application beyond 14 days of the FCC Form 471 filing deadline due to delays beyond their control and allowing the late forms to be processed as timely filed). Times 2 Academy School, RI, Application No. 221040239, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 27, 2022) Late-Filed FCC Form 471 Applications – Due to Circumstances Beyond Their Control See, e.g., Abbotsford School District Order, 27 FCC Rcd at 15300, para. 2 (finding that the applicant filed their FCC Form 471 application beyond 14 days of the FCC Form 471 filing deadline due to delays beyond their control and allowing the late forms to be processed as timely filed). Alma Center-Humbird-Merrillan School District, WI, Application No. 221040064, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Atlanta Adventist Academy, GA, Application No. 221040089, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 15, 2022) Berkeley County Library, SC, Application No. 221039828, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Cedar Falls Community School District, IA, Application No. 221040069, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) Center For Family Resources, Inc., NJ, Application No. 221040081, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Challis Joint School District 181, ID, Application Nos. 221040038, 221040033, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Christ the Teacher Catholic School, DE, Application Nos. 221040070, 221040074, 221040075, 221040076, 221040077, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 29, 2022) Cleveland Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221040031, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 9, 2022) Coupeville School District 204, WA, Application No. 221040118, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Deer Lakes School District, PA, Application No. 221040127, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 12, 2022) Easton Area School District, PA, Application No. 221040109, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 12, 2022) Friends Of Puerto Rico, PR, Application No. 221040087, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 25, 2022) Friends Of Puerto Rico, PR, Application No. 221037993, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 25, 2022) Friends Of Puerto Rico, PR, Application No. 221039869, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 25, 2022) Friends Of Puerto Rico, PR, Application No. 221040037, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 25, 2022) Friends Of Puerto Rico, PR, Application No. 221040036, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 25, 2022) Gervais School District 1, OR, Application No. 221040082, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) Highlander Charter School, RI, Application No. 221040126, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) Hillside School, PA, Application No. 221040071, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) Holy Cross Christian Academy, FL, Application No. 221039521, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) Human Resources Agency of New Britain, CT, Application No. 221040091, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Idaho Falls School District 91, ID, Application No. 221040141, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Independent School District #173, MN, Application No. 221040186, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 21, 2022) Intermediate School District 917, MN, Application No. 221040161, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 15, 2022) Jenks Independent School District, OK, Application No. 221040098, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Lee Ola Roberts Public Library, TN, Application No. 221031243, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Legacy Academy, AR, Application No. 221040063, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Lincoln Preparatory School, LA, Application No. 221040040, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Lubbock-Cooper ISD, TX, Application No. 221040190, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 21, 2022) Mercy High School, MD, Application No. 221039592, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) Monroe Township School District, NJ, Application No. 221040101, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Morehouse Parish School District, LA, Application No. 221040117, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Paradise Christian School, FL, Application No. 221040140, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Pekin School District 108, IL, Application No. 221040088, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Police Athletic League, Inc., NY, Application No. 221040151, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Pontiac School District 429, IL, Application No. 221040111, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Pontiac School District 429, IL, Application No. 221040112, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Pope John XXIII Elementary School, OH, Application No. 221040158, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 18, 2022) Richland Public Schools, ND, Application Nos. 221040034, 221040032, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Rockwell City Public Library, IA, Application No. 221040080, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Salmon River Joint School District, ID, Application No. 221039961, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 5, 2022, supplemented Apr. 6, 2022) School Administrative Unit 50, NH, Application No. 221040042, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) School Administrative Unit 50, NH, Application No. 221040035, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) School Administrative Unit 50, NH, Application No. 221040043, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) School Administrative Unit 50, NH, Application No. 221040052, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) School Administrative Unit 50, NH, Application No. 221040048, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) School Administrative Unit 50, NH, Application No. 221040050, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Selma Unified School District, CA, Application No. 221040057, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Sequoyah School, CA, Application No. 221040162, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 15, 2022) Skyline Unified School District 438, KS, Application No. 221040097, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) South Haven Christian School, TN, Application No. 221040068, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) South Plains Academy Charter District, TX, Application No. 221040099, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) St. Ann School, NJ, Application No. 221040143, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) St. Francis Xavier School, MN, Application No. 221040067, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) St. John's Country Day School, FL, Application No. 221040029, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Stanislaus County Office of Education, CA, Application No. 221040079, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) The Broach School of Jacksonville, Inc., FL, Application No. 221040138, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 18, 2022) United Community Action Partnership, Inc., MN, Application No. 221040046, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Unity Christian Academy, IL, Application Nos. 221040121, 221040122, 221040123, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 12, 2022) Villa Maria Education Center, CT, Application No. 221040100, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) Wabeno Area School District, WI, Application No. 221018505, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) Walker Memorial Academy, FL, Application No. 221040136, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) Wartburg Public Library, TN, Application No. 221040204, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 25, 2022) Waterbury School District, CT, Application Nos. 221040104, 221040106, 221040107, 221040108, 221040105, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Whitman County Library, WA, Application No. 221028115, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 15, 2022) Wilton Public School District #1, ND, Application No. 221040030, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Worth County School District R 3, MO, Application No. 221040147, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) YMCA of the East Bay, CA, Application No. 221040183, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) YMCA of the East Bay, CA, Application No. 221040201, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 21, 2022) Late-Filed FCC Form 471 Applications – Filed Within 14 Days of the Close of the Window See, e.g., Requests for Waiver and Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Academy of Math and Science et al.; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 25 FCC Rcd 9256, 9259, para. 8 (2010) (Academy of Math and Science Order) (finding that special circumstances existed to justify granting waiver requests where, for example, petitioners filed their FCC Forms 471 within 14 days of the application filing window deadline). Acanc Consortium, American Indian Academy Of Denver, Animas High School Consortium, Aspen Community School Consortium, Carbondale Community School Consortium, Compass Academy, Empower Community High School Consortium, Gals Boys Consortium, Golden View Classical Academy Consortium, Montessori Del Mundo Charter School Consortium, New Legacy Charter School, Omar D Blair School, Pinnacle Charter School – District, Prospect Ridge Academy, Ricardo Flores Magon Academy, Rocky Mountain Classic Academy, Stanley British Primary School, University Prep Steele Street Inc., University Preparatory School, Vega Collegiate Academy Consortium, Wyatt Academy, CO, Application Nos. 221039799, 221039802, 221039848, 221039849, 221039813, 221039850, 221039816, 221039851, 221039818, 221039852, 221039819, 221039853, 221039820, 221039854, 221039855, 221039834, 221039886, 221039825, 221039968, 221039829, 221039972, 221039945, 221039949, 221039964, 221003220, 221040024, 221039841, 221040012, 221039844, 221039990, 221039846, 221039988, 221039847, 221039979, 221012336, 221039999, 221040002, 221040016, 221040022, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 26, 2022) Advantage Academy, TX, Application No. 221039809, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) Allen Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039368, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) Arlington Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039684, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) Bais Chinuch L'Bonos Boyis Ruchel, Inc., NJ, Application Nos. 221039313, 221039309, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Baldwin School, PA, Application No. 221039445, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) Baldwin School, PA, Application No. 221039446, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) Behavioral Health Associates, PA, Application No. 221011967, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Bloomingdale School District, NJ, Application No. 221039562, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Bonnie Cone Classical Academy, NC, Application No. 221039361, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Brecksville-Broadview Hts. School District, OH, Application No. 221023427, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 15, 2022) Bremond Public Library, TX, Application No. 221039882, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Bridgeport Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039767, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Brooks County Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039642, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) Buckeye United School District, OH, Application No. 221039604, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 12, 2022) Burlington County Library, NJ, Application No. 221019885, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 12, 2022) Burlington Independent School District, OK, Application Nos. 221039685, 221014578, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Capital Region BOCES, NY, Application No. 221039748, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Carroll Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039649, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) Central Greene School District, PA, Application No. 221039621, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 27, 2022) Cherokee County Public Library, SC, Application No. 221039419, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Churchill County School District, NV, Application No. 221007167, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Claremore Christian School, OK, Application No. 221039821, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Coastal Community Action Inc., NC, Application No. 221039933, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 5, 2022) Comal Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221022327, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) County of Dallas, AR, Application No. 221036652, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Dalton Local School District, OH, Application No. 221039509, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Damien High School, CA, Application No. 221039943, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) Davenport Community School District, IA, Application No. 221039542, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 10, 2022) Department of Planning and Natural Resources/Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums, VI, Application No. 221037563, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) District of Columbia Public Schools, DC, Application No. 221039812, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Donna Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221001148, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Doris Padgett Public Library, TX, Application No. 221005083, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 3, 2022) Duval County School District, FL, Application No. 221039801, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Eagle-Mountain Saginaw Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039788, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) Education Service Center Region 7, TX, Application No. 221039487, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Enoch Pratt Free Library System, MD, Application No. 221024259, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Essex County Vocational-Technical Schools, NJ, Application No. 221039920, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Four Rivers Special Education District, IL, Application No. 221039923, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 19, 2022) Fullerton Public Library System, CA, Application No. 221039728, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 15, 2022) Fullerton Public Library System, CA, Application No. 221039726, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 15, 2022) Galveston Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039699, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) Galveston Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039563, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) Greenwich Public Schools, CT, Application No. 221033291, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Grenada Elementary School District, CA, Application No. 221039901, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Hardin Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039942, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Holy Family School, CA, Application No. 221035545, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Hull-Daisetta Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221022152, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) IDEA Consortium, TX, Application No. 221022124, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) IDEA Public Schools, TX, Application No. 221039892, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) IDEA Public Schools, TX, Application No. 221039898, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) IDEA Public Schools, TX, Application No. 221030735, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 9, 2022) IDEA Public Schools, TX, Application No. 221039873, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 9, 2022) IDEA Public Schools, TX, Application No. 221032989, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) IDEA Public Schools, TX, Application No. 221039902, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 9, 2022) Irvington Public Schools, NJ, Application No. 221039907, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Judge Rotenberg Education Center, MA, Application No. 221039524, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 20, 2022) Judson Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039910, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Kimball Public Library, NE, Application No. 221039958, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 5, 2022) KIPP Memphis Consortium, TN, Application No. 221039930, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) KIPP Memphis Consortium, TN, Application No. 221039934, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) KIPP Metro Atlanta Collaborative, GA, Application No. 221039519, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) La Purisima Concepcion School, CA, Application No. 221039638, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Lee County Public Library, SC, Application No. 221039863, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Lexington County Public Library, SC, Application No. 221039541, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Liberty Christian School, NC, Application Nos. 221039760, 221039913, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Los Angeles Unified School District, CA, Application No. 221031442, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Mae S. Bruce Public Library, TX, Application No. 221039694, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Magnolia Public School District, AR, Application No. 221022362, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) Martensdale St. Mary’s School District, IA, Application No. 221039260, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 25, 2022) Maryland State Department of Education, MD, Application No. 221016049, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Mckittrick Elementary School District, CA, Application Nos. 221039337, 221039335, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 12, 2022) Moscow Charter School, ID, Application No. 221039763, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Mother Of Sorrows School, CA, Application No. 221039832, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Nativity School, CA, Application No. 221028477, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Nativity School, CA, Application No. 221028477, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) Navarro Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221038939, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) North Branch School District 138, MN, Application No. 221030634, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Northern California Child Development, Inc., CA, Application No. 221039985, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES, CA, Application No. 221039569, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Orangeburg County School District, SC, Application No. 221039950, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Our Lady of Guadalupe School, CA, Application No. 221030036, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Our Lady of Lourdes School, CA, Application No. 221038580, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Our Mother of Good Counsel School, CA, Application No. 221035868, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Our World Neighborhood Charter School 3, NY, Application No. 221039880, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) Our World Neighborhood Charter School 3, NY, Application No. 221039883, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) Palisades Park School District, NJ, Application No. 221039778, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Pasadena Public Library System, TX, Application No. 221006118, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Pennoyer School District 79, IL, Application No. 221039470, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Portland Public Schools, OR, Application No. 221032018, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) River City Education Organization, Inc., FL, Application No. 221039860, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) Roy Municipal Schools, NM, Application No. 221039485, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 9, 2022) Sacred Heart School, CA, Application No. 221039837, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) Salado Public Library, TX, Application No. 221039774, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Sam Rayburn Independent School District, TX, Application No. 221039250, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) School of the Beatitudes, CA, Application No. 221039390, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) Seneca Township High School District, IL, Application No. 221039905, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Seton Catholic Schools, WI, Application No. 221039552, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Shorewood School District, WI, Application No. 221039857, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Somerset Academy, NJ, Application No. 221039879, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Sonoma County Office of Education, Schools Connect Consortium, CA, Application No. 221039917, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Southeast Arkansas Regional Library, AR, Application No. 221038737, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Springer Municipal School District, NM, Application No. 221039396, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 12, 2022) St. Albert the Great Middle School, CA, Application No. 221028497, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) St. Albert the Great School, CA, Application No. 221028503, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) State of Delaware-DTI, DE, Application No. 221039914, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) St. Bernard High School, CA, Application No. 221039653, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) St. Cornelius School, CA, Application No. 221039673, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) St. Elizabeth A Seton Catholic School, KS, Application No. 221038012, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) St. Frances Cabrini, WI, Application No. 221039916, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School, CA, Application No. 221039242, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 13, 2022) St. Genevieve Elementary School, CA, Application No. 221028524, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) St. James the Less School, CA, Application No. 221036453, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) St. Joseph Elementary School, CA, Application No. 221028515, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) St. Joseph School, CA, Application No. 221039596, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) St. Lawrence of Brindisi School, CA, Application No. 221029578, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) St. Martha Elementary School, CA, Application No. 221036414, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) St. Patrick School, NC, Application No. 221039360, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) St. Phillip Neri School, CA, Application No. 221028526, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) St. Pius X St. Matthias Academy, CA, Application No. 221028487, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) St. Thomas More School, NC, Application No. 221039689, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) St. Thomas the Apostle School, CA, Application No. 221029383, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) Taylor Public Library, TX, Application No. 221026480, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Teaneck Public Schools, NJ, Application No. 221039897, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Tonopah Library District, NV, Application No. 221005999, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 9, 2022) Uinta County School District 4, WY, Application No. 221039810, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) United Community Action Partnership, Inc., MN, Application No. 221040021, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Vidor Public Library, TX, Application No. 221039777, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Village of Columbus Library, NM, Application No. 221039438, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 14, 2022) Visitation School, CA, Application No. 221038606, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Waco-McLennan County Library, TX, Application No. 221025280, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 6, 2022) Wapakoneta City School District, OH, Application No. 221032823, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 15, 2022) West Clermont Local School District, OH, Application No. 221039994, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 5, 2022) Winslow Township School District, NJ, Application No. 221039870, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 11, 2022) Wood County School District, WV, Application No. 221039398, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 8, 2022) Yomba Shoshone Tribal Library, NV, Application No. 221006068, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 9, 2022) Service Implementation Delay See, e.g., Request for Review/Waiver of the Decision of the Universal Service Administrator by Accelerated Charter et al.; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 29 FCC Rcd 13652, 13652-53, para. 2 (WCB 2014) (allowing extensions of the deadline for service implementation when applicants demonstrated they were unable to complete implementation on time for reasons beyond the service providers’ control and made significant efforts to secure the necessary extensions). Monroe County School District, WV, Application No. 201037949, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 2, 2022) Waiver of Special Construction Service Delivery Deadline See, e.g., Requests for Waiver of the Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Grants/Cibola County School District and Jemez Pueblo Tribal Consortium, CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 33 FCC Rcd 10048, 10051, para. 8 (WCB 2018) (waiving the special construction service delivery deadline because the applicant was unable to complete implementation for reasons beyond the service provider’s control and the petitioner made good faith efforts to comply with Commission rules and procedures). We find that Twin Rivers Unified School District was unable to complete implementation for reasons beyond its and its service provider’s control, made good faith efforts to comply with Commission rules and procedures, and has completed the construction. Accordingly, we waive the special construction service delivery deadline and direct USAC to process the requests for reimbursement for work completed after the June 30, 2021 deadline. We also find that Gila County Information Technology Consortium (Gila County) and Yaak Elementary School were unable to complete implementation for reasons beyond their and their service providers’ control and made good faith efforts to comply with Commission rules and procedures. Accordingly, we waive the special construction service delivery deadline and direct USAC to provide the applicants until June 30, 2023 to complete their special construction projects. We similarly find that Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN) was unable to complete implementation for reasons beyond its and its service provider’s control and made good faith efforts to comply with Commission rules and procedures. We waive the special construction service delivery deadline and direct USAC provide UETN an additional year, until May 31, 2023, to complete the special construction project. Because UETN has already received additional time to complete its project, we find that 12 months should be sufficient to complete this project and deny the request for a 24-month extension. If additional time is needed for the remaining portion(s) of this build, UETN should submit funding application(s) for the portions of the build that cannot be completed by the May 31, 2023 deadline in the upcoming funding year (i.e., funding year 2023). We note that the service delivery date for this funding request has been extended three times and we do not anticipate granting another waiver of the service delivery deadline for this funding request. For these petitioners, we also waive any associated administrative or procedural deadlines, including the invoice filing deadline, that might be necessary to effectuate our ruling. See supra note 3. Gila County Information Technology Consortium, AZ, Application No. 191016084, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 19, 2022) Twin Rivers Unified School District, CA, Application No. 181020712, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Nov. 18, 2021) Utah Education and Telehealth Network, UT, Application No. 191032022, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 16, 2021, supplemented Apr. 26, 2022) Yaak Elementary School, MT, Application No. 201030759, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed Apr. 22, 2022) Denied Late-Filed FCC Form 471 Application Alee Academy and Nativity School requests a waiver of the funding year 2021 application filing deadline and that its FY 2022 application be applied for the July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 funding period. See, e.g., Academy of Math and Science Order, 25 FCC Rcd at 9259, para. 8 (denying waivers of the FCC Form 471 filing deadline where petitioners failed to present special circumstances justifying a waiver of the rule). Alee Academy, FL, Application No. 221023426, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 3, 2022) Nativity School, KY, Application No. 221040307, Request for Waiver, CC Docket No. 02-6 (filed May 3, 2022) Emergency Connectivity Fund WC Docket No. 21-93 Denied Late-Filed ECF FCC Form 471 Applications See, e.g., Academy of Math and Science Order, 25 FCC Rcd at 9261-62, para. 13 (denying requests for waiver of the FCC Form 471 filing deadline where petitioners failed to present special circumstances justifying waiver of our rules). Bishop Ludden Junior-Senior High School, No Application No., Request for Waiver, WC Docket No. 21-93 (filed Nov. 14, 2021) Ford Heights Public Library, No Application No., Request for Waiver, WC Docket No. 21-93 (filed Feb. 3, 2022) Friends School of Minnesota, Application No. ECF222121186, Request for Waiver, WC Docket No. 21-93 (filed Mar. 16, 2021) Mesilas Bais Yaakov, Application No. ECF222121148, Request for Waiver, WC Docket No. 21-93 (filed Jan. 21, 2022) Utah Military Academy, No Application No., Request for Waiver, WC Docket No. 21-93 (filed Nov. 11, 2021) High-Cost Program (Connect America Fund) WC Docket No. 10-90 Granted Performance Measures Pre-testing See Connect America Fund, et al., WC Docket Nos. 10-90, et al., Order, DA 22-369 (WCB 2022) (granting waivers of performance measures pre-testing where the recipients of High-Cost support took reasonable efforts with the Commission’s requirement to pre-test speed and latency metrics). Vermont Telephone Company Request for Waiver of First Quarter 2022 Broadband Performance Testing Requirements, WC Docket No. 10-90 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) Shenandoah Telephone Company Request for Waiver for First Quarter 2022 Broadband Performance Testing Requirements, WC Docket No. 10-90 (filed Apr. 7, 2022) HUBB Location Reporting See Connect America Fund, et al., WC Docket Nos. 10-90, et. al, Order, DA 21-1216, paras. 9-10 (WCB 2021) (granting waiver to allow carrier to report locations after the deadline for the reporting year when locations were timely uploaded to the High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB) portal but due to an inadvertent administrative oversight were not timely certified). Ketchikan Public Utility Telecommunications Request for Waiver ff Section 54.316 of the Commission’s Rules, WC Docket Nos. 10-90 et al. (filed Apr. 22, 2022) Rural Health Care Program WC Docket No. 02-60 Granted Waiver of Competitive Bidding Rules Request for Review and Petition for Waiver by Georgia Department of Public Health, Request for Review and/or Waiver by ENA Healthcare Services LLC, Rural Health Care Universal Service Support Mechanism, WC Docket No. 02-60, Order, DA 22-305 (WCB Mar. 22, 2022) (SEHD Waiver Order). On March 22, 2022, the Commission waived sections 54.603(b)(4) and 54.645(b) of its rules in connection with 57 requests for Telecommunications Program support submitted by the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Southeast Health District (SEHD) for funding year 2018, and remanded these funding requests (as listed in Appendix C to the SEHD Waiver Order) to USAC for further action in accordance with the terms of the SEHD Waiver Order. By letter dated April 29, 2022, USAC advised the Commission that three additional SEHD funding requests (FRNs 1830509, 1832156, and 1834516) for funding year 2018 should have been included in Appendix C. Letter from Jeff Walsh, Director of Program Management, Rural Health Care, USAC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC (Apr. 29, 2022) (on file in WC Docket No. 02-60). Accordingly, we waive sections 54.603(b)(4) and 54.645(b) in connection with FRNs 1830509, 1832156, and 1834516 and remand these FRNs to USAC for further action consistent with the SEHD Waiver Order. Georgia Department of Public Health, GA, Waiver, WC Docket No. 02-60, Funding Request Nos. 1830509, 1832156, and 1834516 (filed Aug. 19, 2021) Waiver of the Invoice Filing Deadline—Sua Sponte Waiver See Rural Health Care Support Mechanism, WC Docket No. 02-60, Order, 35 FCC Rcd 1986, 1994 (WCB 2020) (Funding Year 2018 Invoice Waiver Order); Rural Health Care Support Mechanism, WC Docket No. 02-60, Order, 32 FCC Rcd 5065, 5065-66, paras. 2, 4 (WCB 2017) (Funding Year 2016 Invoice Waiver Order) (granting a waiver sua sponte of the invoice filing deadline when the deadline had already passed at the time that health care providers received USAC’s decision, which made compliance with program rules impossible). We waive the petitioners’ invoice filing deadlines and allow 180 days from the later of the release date of this Public Notice or the issuance date of a funding commitment letter (FCL) to file the invoices with USAC. Utah Telehealth Network, UT, Sua Sponte Waiver, WC Docket No. 02-60, Funding Request No. 17267181 Utah Telehealth Network, UT, Sua Sponte Waiver, WC Docket No. 02-60, Funding Request No. 17269321 Utah Telehealth Network, UT, Sua Sponte Waiver, WC Docket No. 02-60, Funding Request No. 17281301 Utah Telehealth Network, UT, Sua Sponte Waiver, WC Docket No. 02-60, Funding Request No. 17273581 Connected Care Pilot Program WC Docket No. 18-213 Granted Sua Sponte Funding Allocation Adjustment New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC) was allocated up to $2,560,098 in Connected Care funding in March 2022. Following an inquiry by NETC regarding the funding allocation, it was determined that NETC should have been allocated up to $3,037,458. Accordingly, the Bureau adjusts NETC’s Connected Care Pilot Program funding allocation to $3,037,458. See Promoting Telehealth for Low-Income Consumers, WC Docket No. 18-213, Second Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd 10642, 10662, para. 48 (2021) (delegating authority to the Bureau to “adjust Pilot project funding commitments”). New England Telehealth Consortium, ME, Sua Sponte Funding Adjustment, WC Docket No. 18-213, Application No. CCPP20200000181 For additional information concerning this Public Notice, please contact James Bachtell in the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at james.bachtell@fcc.gov or (202) 418-2694. - FCC - 2