*Pages 1--5 from Microsoft Word - 15095* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 397 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Arlington County Public Library ) File No. SLD- 265004 Arlington, Virginia ) ) Boone County School District ) File No. SLD- 220067 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Braxton County School District ) File No. SLD- 220068 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Brooke County School District ) File No. SLD- 220071 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Charles Gibson Public Library ) File No. SLD- 267921 Buckhannon, West Virginia ) ) Chawanakee Joint Elementary School ) File No. SLD- 229391 North Fork, California ) ) Fairfax County Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 266045 Arlington, Virginia ) ) Fayetteville Public Library ) File No. SLD- 229568 Fayetteville, Arkansas ) ) General George Patton School District No. 133 ) File No. SLD- 256841 Riverdale, Illinois ) ) Greenbrier County School District ) File No. SLD- 220083 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Jefferson County School District ) File No. SLD- 220093 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Madera Unified School District ) File No. SLD- 230938 Washington, DC ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 397 2 Marshall County School District ) File No. SLD- 220105 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Massillon City School District ) File No. SLD- 220108 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Minneapolis Special School District No. 1 ) File Nos. SLD- 246006, 225073, Minneapolis, Minnesota ) 257346, 258498 ) Monroe County School District ) File No. SLD- 220667 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Nicholas County School District ) File No. SLD- 220670 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Oklahoma City Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 262187 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) ) Prince George’s County Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 199306 Arlington, Virginia ) ) Putnam County School District ) File No. SLD- 249375 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Randolph County School District ) File No. SLD- 220675 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Randolph School District ) File No. SLD- 253456 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Rochester Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 215714 Rochester, Minnesota ) ) Summers County School District ) File No. SLD- 220678 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired ) File No. SLD- 258861 Austin, Texas ) ) Upshur County School District ) File No. SLD- 220681 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Virginia Department of Education ) File Nos. SLD- 270104,239181, Richmond, Virginia ) 260964,255954,255882,256005, ) 256035,256073,255762,260030, ) 259645,261325,261383,261548, 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 397 3 ) 261285,261162,262784,243642, ) 229710,249166,264743,259624, ) 249567,275097,217919,231117, ) 236216, 252298,252525,237614, ) 257127,252376,256402,260330, ) 267220,126516,25682,126556, ) 26505,126530 ) Wilcox County Board of Education ) File No. SLD- 147046 Camden, Alabama ) ) 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 21, 2002 Released: February 22, 2002 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. The Accounting 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 1 Letter from Ann Friedman, Arlington County Public Library, filed September 5, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Boone County School District, filed September 4, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Braxton County School District, filed September 5, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Brooke County School District, filed September 5, 2001; Letter from Denise Weese, Charles Gibson Public Library, filed September 20, 2001; Letter from David A. O’Connor, Chawanakee Joint Elementary School, filed September 6, 2001; Letter from Orin R. Heend, Fairfax County Public Schools, filed September 6, 2001; Letter from Steven Thomas, Fayetteville Public Library, filed September 12, 2001; Letter from Robert Charnot, General George Patton School District No. 133, filed September 10, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Greenbrier County School District, filed September 4, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Jefferson County School District, filed September 4, 2001; Letter from David A. O’Connor, Madera Unified School District, filed September 10, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Marshall County School District, filed September 4, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Massillon City School District, filed September 5, 2001; Letter from Carol R. Johnson, Minneapolis Special School District No. 1, filed September 10, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Monroe County School District, filed September 5, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Nicholas County School District, filed September 26, 2001; Letter from Orin R. Heend, Oklahoma City Public Schools, filed September 5, 2001; Letter from Orin R. Heend, Prince George’s County Public Schools, filed October 2, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Putnam County School District, filed September 4, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Randolph County School District, filed September 4, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Randolph School District, filed September 10, 2001; Letter from Paul Bourgeois, Rochester Public Schools, filed September 4, 2001; Letter from 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 397 4 2. The Commission’s rules provide that the Common Carrier 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 Schools and Libraries Division. 5 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 March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Arlington County Public Library, Arlington, Virginia; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Boone County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Braxton County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Brooke County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 21, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Charles Gibson Public Library, Buckhannon, West Virginia; to March 6, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Chawanakee Joint Elementary School District, North Fork, California; to March 6, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Fairfax County Public Schools, Arlington, Virginia; to March 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville, Arkansas; to March 7, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by General George S. Patton School District No. 133, Riverdale, Illinois; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Greenbrier County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 4, 2002 for the Request for Review filed by Jefferson County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Madera Unified School District, Washington, DC; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Marshall County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Massillon City School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 7, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Minneapolis Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, Minnesota; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Monroe County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 27, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Nicholas County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Summers County School District, filed September 17, 2001; Letter from Craig A. Abbe, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, filed September 4, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, on behalf of Upshur County School District, filed September 4, 2001; Letter from Lan Neugent, Virginia Department of Education, filed September 5, 2001; Letter from Malcom Cain, Wilcox County Board of Education, filed September 18, 2001 (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 Arlington County School District, Arlington, Virginia, 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 01- 2952 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. December 20, 2001). 5 47 C. F. R. § 524( a). 4 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 397 5 filed by Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to March 28, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Prince George’s County Public Schools, Arlington, Virginia; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Putnam County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Randolph County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 7, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Randolph School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Rochester Public Schools, Rochester, Minnesota; to March 14, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Summers County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Austin, Texas; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Upshur County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Virginia Department of Education, Richmond, Virginia; to March 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Wilcox County Board of Education, Camden, Alabama. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 5