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                                                           Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, DC  20554

In the Matter of                   )
                                   )
Request for Review of the          )
Decision of the                    )
Universal Service Administrator by )
                                   )
Half Hollow Hills School District  )    File No. SLD- 144251
Dix Hills, New York                )
                                   )
Federal-State Joint Board on       )    CC Docket No.  96-45
Universal Service                  )
                                   )
Changes to the Board of Directors of the     )    CC Docket No. 97-21
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.  )

                             order

Adopted:  February 9, 2001              Released: February 12, 2001

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     This Order dismisses the Request for Review filed by Half Hollow Hills School
District (Half Hollow), Dix Hills, New York, seeking review of a decision issued by the
Universal Service Administrative Company's Schools and Libraries Division on May 8, 2000. 
The Commission received Half Hollow's Request for Review on December 22, 2000.  Under
section 54.720 of the Commission's rules, any such appeal must be filed within 30 days of the
issuance of the decision as to which review is sought.  Documents are considered to be filed
with the Commission only upon receipt.  Because the instant Request for Review was not filed
within the specified 30-day period, it will be dismissed without further consideration.
2.     ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections
0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a),
that the Request for Review filed December 22, 2000, by Half Hollow Hills School District, Dix
Hills, New York, IS DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Mark G. Seifert
                              Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau