Federal Communications Commission DA 03-2978

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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Bedford Area School District)File No. SLD-339394

Bedford, Pennsylvania)

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Carlisle Area School District)File Nos. SLD-296418, 323730, Carlisle, Pennsylvania ) 323991

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Center Area School District)File No. SLD-327601

Monaca, Pennsylvania)

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Clovis Unified School District)File No. SLD-320217

Clovis, California)

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Concord School District)File No. SLD-380786

Concord, New Hampshire)

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Diocese of Buffalo)File Nos. SLD-237062, 233013

Buffalo, New York)237215

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East Rockaway Union Free School District)File Nos. SLD-328918, 329734

Seaford, New York)

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Galena Park Independent School District)File Nos. SLD-314879, 305340

Houston, Texas)

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Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School)File No. SLD-320463

District)

Baytown,Texas)

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Grandville Public School District)File No. SLD-316707

Grandville, Michigan)

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Hazelwood School District)File No. SLD-297140

Florissant, Missouri)

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HerefordIndependentSchool District)File No. SLD-325401

Hereford, Texas)

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HullChristianSchool)File No. SLD-337005

Hull, Iowa)

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Illinois School for the Deaf)File No. SLD-317808

Jacksonville, Illinois)

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Kingman Unified School District No. 20)File No. SLD-309943

Kingman, Arizona)

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Maine School Administrative District No. 56)File No. SLD-249470

Searsport, Maine)

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Navajo Education Technology Consortium, Inc.)File No. SLD-306050

Gallup, New Mexico)

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North Central Ohio Computer Cooperative)File Nos. SLD-250882, 248224, Mansfield, Ohio ) 226381, 257003

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Pima Vocational High School)File No. SLD-323883

Tuscon, Arizona)

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Ponca City Public Schools)File No. SLD-291588

Ponca City, Oklahoma)

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Reading Public Library)File No. SLD-327133

Reading, Pennsylvania)

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Spring Hill Unified School District No. 230)File No. SLD-289683

Spring Hill, Kansas)

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St. Francis Cathedral School)File Nos. SLD-384029, 384482

Metuchen, New Jersey)

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St. Lawrence Catholic School)Billed Entity No.-37757

Tampa, Florida)

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Sunnyside School District)File No. SLD-237039

Sunnyside, Washington)

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Ticonderoga Central School District)File No. SLD-330492

Ticonderoga, New York)

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Turner Unified School District No. 202)File No. SLD-254190

Kansas City, Kansas)

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Western New York Regional Information Center)File No. SLD-327211

West Seneca, New York)

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Yeshivat Ateret Torah School)File No. SLD-314995

Brooklyn, New York)

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Federal-State Joint Board on)CC Docket No. 96-45

Universal Service)

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Changes to the Board of Directors of the)CC Docket No. 97-21

National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.)

order

Adopted: September 26, 2003Released: September 29, 2003

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 extended by sixty (60) days the time period for considering the Requests for Review.[4] The Bureau requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional thirty (30) 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 thirty (30) days to October29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Bedford Area School District, Bedford, Pennsylvania;to October 6, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Carlisle Area School District, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; to October1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Center Area School District, Monaca, Pennsylvania; to October 30, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Clovis Unified School District, Clovis, California; to October 13, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Concord School District, Concord, New Hampshire; to October 20, 2003, for Request for Review filed by Diocese of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; to October 13, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by East Rockaway Union Free School District, Seaford, New York; to October 27, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Galena Park Independent School District,Houston, Texas; to October 27, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Goose Creek ConsolidatedIndependent School District, Baytown,Texas; to October 13, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Grandville Public School District, Grandville, Michigan; to October 13, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Hazelwood School District, Florissant, Missouri; to October 30, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Hereford Independent School District, Hereford, Texas; to October9, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Hull Christian School, Hull, Iowa; to October1, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Illinois School for the Deaf, Jacksonville, Illinois; to October 29,2003, for the Request for Review filed by Kingman Unified School District No. 20, Kingman, Arizona; to October 20, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Maine School Administrative District No. 56, Searsport, Maine; to October 20, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Navajo Education Technology Consortium, Inc., Gallup, New Mexico; to October16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by North Central Ohio Computer Cooperative, Mansfield, Ohio; to October 13, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Pima Vocational High School, Tuscon, Arizona; to October 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Ponca City Public Schools, Ponca City, Oklahoma;to October 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Reading Public Library, Reading, Pennsylvania;to October 23, 2003, for the Request for Review filed bySpring Hill Unified School District No. 230, Spring Hill, Kansas; to October 30, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by St. Francis Cathedral School, Metuchen, New Jersey; to October 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by St. Lawrence Catholic School, Tampa, Florida; toOctober16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Sunnyside School District, Sunnyside, Washington; toOctober 6, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Ticonderoga Central School District, Ticonderoga, New York; to October29, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Turner Unified School District No. 202, Kansas City, Kansas; to October23, 2003, for the Request for Review filed byWestern New York Regional Information Center, West Seneca, New York; to October 6, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Yeshivat Ateret Torah School, Brooklyn, New York.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau

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[1] Letter from Glenn Burket, Bedford Area School District, filed May 2, 2003; Letter from Kathy M. Fissel, Carlisle Area School District, filed April 8, 2003; Letter from Edward T. Elder, Center Area School District, filed April 4, 2003; Letter from Pam Viar, Clovis Unified School District, filed May 5, 2003; Letter from Steve Rothenberg, Concord School District, filed April 16, 2003; Letter from Lawrence Eschbach, Diocese of Buffalo, filed April 22, 2003; Letter from Winston E. Himsworth, East Rockaway Union Free School District, filed April 15, 2003; Letter from Shirley J. Neeley, Galena Park Independent School District, filed April 28, 2003; Letter from Pete Cote, Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, filed April 30, 2003; Letter from Barbara Hiemstra, Grandville Public School District, filed April 16, 2003; Letter from Robert J. Wukitsch, Hazelwood School District, filed April 15, 2003; Letter from Nena Mankin, Hereford Independent School District, filed May 5, 2003; Letter from Ryan G. Zonnefeld, Hull Christian School, filed April 14, 2003; Letter from Marrybeth Heinemann, Illinois School for the Deaf, filed April 7, 2002; Letter from Lynn Easton, Kingman Unified School District No. 20, filed May 1, 2003; Letter from Brian A. MacFarland, Maine School Administrative District No. 56 , filed April 23, 2003; Letter from Karen Lesher, Navajo Education Technology Consortium, Inc., filed April 22, 2003; Letter from Bill Schwartzmiller, North Central Ohio Computer Cooperative, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from Gloria Proo, Pima Vocational High School, filed April 16, 2003; Letter from Jerry Jantz, Ponca City Public Schools, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from Bryan Leithiser, Reading Public Library, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from Myrna Momson, Spring Hill Unified School District No. 230, filed April 28, 2003; Letter from Donna Tyburski, St. Francis Cathedral School, filed May 5, 2003; Letter from Laurie M. Collins, St. Lawrence Catholic School, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from J.M. Swatzell, Sunnyside School District, filed April 21, 2003; Letter from William Dodd, Ticonderoga Central School District, filed April 9, 2003; Letter from Becky Billigmeier, Turner Unified School District No. 202, filed May 1, 2003; Letter from Susan C. Melancon, Western New York Regional Information Center, filed April 28, 2003; Letter from Rabbi Chaim A. Weinberg, Yeshivat Ateret Torah School, filed April 8, 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).

[4]Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Bedford Area School District, Bedford, Pennsylvania, et al., Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-21, Order, DA 03-2287 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Jul. 14, 2003) andRequests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Albuquerque School District, Albuquerque, New Mexico, et al., Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-21, Order, DA 03-2669 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Aug. 19, 2003).