**DA 03-1770**

**REQUESTS FOR REVIEW OF THE DECISIONS OF THE**

**UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR BY BOOTHEEL CONSORTIUM et al.**

**ARE PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE PROCEEDINGS**

**CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 97-21**

**Release Date: May 22, 2003**

The following filed Requests for Review with the Commission: Bootheel
Consortium, (Bootheel), March 21, 2003; Donna Independent School
District (Donna), May 9, 2003; El Paso Independent School District (El
Paso), May 8, 2003; Navajo Education Technology Consortium, Inc.
(Navajo), April 22, 2003; Oklahoma City School District I-89 (Oklahoma
City), May 9, 2003; and Orleans Parish School District (Orleans Parish),
March 21, 2003.[^1] These applicants request review of decisions by the
Schools and Libraries Division ("SLD") of the Universal Service
Administrative Company ("Administrator"), rejecting Funding Year 2002
requests for discounts under the schools and libraries universal service
support mechanism. They request that the Commission reverse the
Administrator's decisions and award full funding.

Requests for Review of decisions by the Administrator are subject to
treatment by the Commission as restricted proceedings for *ex parte*
purposes under section 1.1208 of the Commission\'s rules, unless
otherwise provided.[^2] Pursuant to section 1.1200(a) of the
Commission's rules, we hereby designate these cases as
permit-but-disclose proceedings under the *ex parte* rules.[^3]
Therefore, any *ex parte* presentations that are made with respect to
the issues involved in the subject requests will be permissible but must
be disclosed in accordance with the requirements of section 1.1206(b) of
the Commission\'s rules.[^4]

All written *ex parte* presentations and all written disclosures of oral
*ex parte* presentations should reference the relevant Request for
Review, CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and

97-21, and DA 03-1770 and be filed with the Office of Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., TW-A325,
Washington, D.C. 20554.[^5] A copy of each filing should be sent to
Qualex International, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-B402,
Washington, D.C. 20054 and to Sheryl Todd, Federal Communications
Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access
Policy Division, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., 5-B540, Washington, D.C.
20554.

The full texts of the Requests for Review and all related filings will
be available for public inspection and duplication during regular
business hours in the Reference and Information Center (RIC) of the
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., Room CY-A257, Washington, D.C.
20554. Copies also may be obtained from Qualex International, (202)
863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2898, or via e-mail <qualexint@aol.com>.
In addition, copies are accessible online through the Commission's
electronic comment filing system, http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.

For further information, contact Jon Secrest of the Telecommunications
Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-7400.

[^1]: *See Requests for Review of the Decision of the Universal Service
    Administrator by Bootheel Consortium*, filed March 3, 2003; *Donna
    Independent School District*, filed May 9, 2003; *El Paso
    Independent School District*, filed May 8, 2003; *Navajo Education
    Technology Consortium, Inc*., filed April 22, 2003; and *Oklahoma
    City School District I-89*, filed May 9, 2003, *Federal-State Joint
    Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the
    National Exchange Carrier Association,* CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and
    97-21, Requests for Review.

[^2]: 47 C.F.R. § 1.1208.

[^3]: *See also* [47 C.F.R. §
    1.1200(a)](http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=++++1.0&vr=2.0&DB=1000547&DocName=47CFRS1.1200&FindType=L).
    *See also* 47 C.F.R. §
    [1.1206](http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=++++1.0&vr=2.0&DB=1000547&DocName=47CFRS1.1206&FindType=L).

[^4]: 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b).

[^5]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b).