Federal Communications Commission DA 04-594

Before the

Federal Communications Commission

Washington, DC 20554

In the Matter of )

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Requests for Review of the )

Decision of the )

Universal Service Administrator by )

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Approach Learning and Assessment Centers ) File Nos. SLD-140957, 256403 Woodstock, Georgia )

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Atlantic County Library System ) File No. SLD-210563

Mays Landing, New Jersey )

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Boone County School District ) File No. SLD-338632

Madison, West Virginia )

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Community Consolidated School District 59 ) File Nos. SLD-328076, 328077

Arlington Heights, Illinois )

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Emek Hebrew Academy ) File No. SLD-378260

North Hollywood, California )

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Fort Wayne Community School District ) File Nos. SLD-337694, 381347

Fort Wayne, Indiana )

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Greenbrier County School District ) File No. SLD-338660

Lewisburg, West Virginia )

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Orange-Ulster BOCES ) File No. SLD-262616

Syracuse, New York )

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Parkland School District ) File No. SLD-337332

Allentown, Pennsylvania )

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Send Technologies, LLC ) File Nos. SLD-160695, 163210

Monroe, Lousiana )

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St. James School ) File No. SLD-340144

Gouverneur, New York )

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Waterville Public Schools ) File No. SLD-351827

Waterville, Maine )

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Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support ) CC Docket No. 02-6

Mechanism )

order

Adopted: March 2, 2004 Released: March 3, 2004

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]

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 May 11, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Approach Learning and Assessment Centers, Woodstock, Georgia; to May 14, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Approach Learning and Assessment Centers, Woodstock, Georgia; to May 14, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Atlantic County Library System, Mays Landing, New Jersey; to May 18, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Boone County School District, Madison, West Virginia; to May 4, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Community Consolidated School District 59, Arlington Heights, Illinois; to May 18, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Emek Hebrew Academy, North Hollywood, California; to May 7, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Fort Wayne Community School District, Fort Wayne, Indiana; to May 18, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Greenbrier County School District, Lewisburg, West Virginia; to May 3, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Orange-Ulster BOCES, Syracuse, New York; to May 21, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Parkland School District, Allentown, Pennsylvania; to May 14, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Send Technologies, LLC, Monroe, Louisiana; to May 25, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by St. James School, Gouverneur, New York; to May 21, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Waterville Public Schools, Waterville, Maine.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Narda M. Jones Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau

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[1] Letter from Robert A. Morrow, Approach Learning and Assessment Centers, filed December 15, 2003; Letter from Robert A. Morrow, Approach Learning and Assessment Centers, filed December 16, 2003; Letter from William D. Paullin, Atlantic County Library System, filed December 16, 2003; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Boone County School District, filed December 22, 2003; Letter from Joyce McNealy, Community Consolidated School District 59, filed December 8, 2003; Letter from Rabbi Edilitz, Emek Hebrew Academy, filed December 22, 2003; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fort Wayne Community School District, filed December 10, 2003; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Greenbrier County School District, filed December 22, 2003; Letter from Michelle L. Chemotti, Orange-Ulster BOCES, filed December 5, 2003; Letter from Dr. Priscilla D’Annibale, Parkland School District, filed December 24, 2003; Letter from Mark Stevenson, Send Technologies, LLC, filed December 16, 2003; Letter from Frank Bush, St. James School, filed December 29, 2003; Letter from James Reny, Waterville Public Schools, filed December 24, 2003 (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).