**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, DC 20554**

In the Matter of )

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Request for Review of the )

Decision of the )

Universal Service Administrator by )

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Leon County Schools ) SLD Nos.-264940, 264943, 265029, Tallahassee,
Florida ) 265186, 265188, 265207, 265430,

) 265432

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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: October 17, 2001 Released: October 18, 2001**

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.  The Accounting Policy Division has under consideration a Request for
    Review filed by Leon County Schools (Leon County), Tallahassee,
    Florida, on behalf of eight schools on August 27, 2001.[^1] In its
    Request for Review, Leon County seeks review of decisions issued by
    the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service
    Administrative Company (Administrator) on July 12, 2001 and July 16,
    2001.[^2] At the same time that Leon County filed its request with
    the Commission, it filed a Request for Review with the
    Administrator.[^3] For the reasons set forth below, we dismiss Leon
    County's Request for Review to the Commission without prejudice.

2.  The Commission\'s rules regarding appeals of SLD decisions do not
    contemplate simultaneous requests to the Commission and the
    Administrator.[^4] In this case, because Leon County has a request
    pending before the Administrator, we dismiss Leon County's Request
    for Review to the Commission without prejudice. Once the
    Administrator has issued its decision on Leon County's initial
    request, Leon County may then appeal to the Commission if it
    believes such appeal is warranted at that time.[^5]

3.  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 by Leon County Schools, Tallahassee, Florida, IS DISMISSED
    WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Mark G. Seifert

Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division

Common Carrier Bureau

[^1]: Request for Review from William D. Piotrowski, Leon County
    Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 27,
    2001. Leon County Schools filed on behalf of Bond Elementary School,
    Tallahassee, Florida, Brevard Elementary School, Tallahassee,
    Florida, Nims Middle School, Tallahassee, Florida, Oak Ridge
    Elementary School, Tallahassee, Florida, Pineview Elementary School,
    Tallahassee, Florida, Riley Elementary School, Tallahassee, Florida,
    Sabal Palm Elementary School, Tallahassee, Florida, and Wesson
    Elementary School, Tallahassee, Florida.

[^2]: Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service
    Administrative Company, to William D. Piotrowski, Bond Elementary
    School, dated July 16, 2001; Letter from Schools and Libraries
    Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to William D.
    Piotrowski, Brevard Elementary School, dated July 16, 2001; Letter
    from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service
    Administrative Company, to William D. Piotrowski, Nims Middle
    School, dated July 12, 2001; Letter from Schools and Libraries
    Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to William D.
    Piotrowski, Oak Ridge Elementary School, dated July 16, 2001; Letter
    from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service
    Administrative Company, to William D. Piotrowski, Pineview
    Elementary School, dated July 16, 2001; Letter from Schools and
    Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to
    William D. Piotrowski, Riley Elementary School, dated July 16, 2001;
    Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service
    Administrative Company, to William D. Piotrowski, Sabal Palm
    Elementary School, dated July 16, 2001; Letter from Schools and
    Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to
    William D. Piotrowski, Wesson Elementary School, dated July 16,
    2001.

[^3]: Request for Review from William D. Piotrowski, Leon County
    Schools, to Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service
    Administrative Company, filed August 27, 2001.

[^4]: 47 C.F.R. § 54.720 (allowing appeals to either the Commission or
    the Administrator, but tolling the filing period with the
    Commission, when an applicant has an appeal pending with the
    Administrator, until the Administrator issues a decision on the
    appeal).

[^5]: *See* 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.719 -- 54.725 (setting forth rights of
    review, filing deadlines, standards of review, and other rules
    pertaining to Commission review of the Administrator's decisions).