**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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White Hall School District No. 27 ) File No. SLD-158702

White Hall, Arkansas )

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Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support ) CC Docket No. 02-6

Mechanism )

**order**

**Adopted: January 14, 2005 Released: January 18, 2005**

By the Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline
Competition Bureau:

1.  White Hall School District No. 27 (White Hall), White Hall,
    Arkansas, seeks review of a decision by the Schools and Libraries
    Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company
    (Administrator).[^1] On June 23, 2000, White Hall filed an appeal
    with SLD of a May 19, 2000 decision by SLD.[^2] On July 3, 2000, SLD
    denied the appeal because White Hall filed the appeal more than 30
    days after SLD's decision was rendered.[^3] Appeals seeking review
    of decisions by SLD issued before August 13, 2001 must have been
    filed with SLD within 30 days of the decision.[^4] White Hall's
    appeal was filed June 23, 2000, in contravention of this rule. We
    therefore deny the Request for Review.

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 by White Hall School District No. 27, White Hall, Arkansas on
    July 10, 2000 IS DENIED.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Vickie S. Robinson

Deputy Chief, Telecommunication Access Policy Division

Wireline Competition Bureau

[^1]: Letter from Danny Young, White Hall School District No. 27, to
    Federal Communications Commission, filed July 10, 2000 (Request for
    Review). 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).

[^2]: Letter from Danny Young, White Hall School District No. 27, to
    Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative
    Company, filed June 23, 2000. Letter from Schools and Libraries
    Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Danny Young,
    White Hall School District No. 27, dated May 19, 2000.

[^3]: Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service
    Administrative Company, to Danny Young, White Hall School District
    No. 27, dated July 3, 2000.

[^4]: Commission rules previously required that appeals must be filed
    with the Commission or SLD within 30 days of the issuance of the
    decision that the party seeks to have reviewed. This deadline was
    modified in 2001 by an interim order, extending the deadline to 60
    days. *See Implementation of Interim Filing Procedures for Filings
    of Requests for Review, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal
    Service*, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 17 FCC Rcd 339 (Com. Car. Bur.
    2001), as corrected by *Implementation of Interim Filing Procedures
    for Filings of Requests for Review, Federal-State Joint Board on
    Universal Service*, CC Docket No. 96-45, Errata (Com. Car. Bur. rel.
    Dec. 28, 2001 and Jan. 4, 2002). In 2003, the Commission permanently
    extended the time limit for filing an initial appeal with SLD and
    the Commission to 60 days. *See* *Schools and Libraries Universal
    Service Support Mechanism*, CC Docket No. 02-6, Second Report and
    Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 18 FCC Rcd 9202,
    9221, paras. 55-56 (2003). *See also* 47 C.F.R. § 54.720(b).