**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, DC 20554**

In the Matter of )

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Requests for Review of the )

Decision of the )

Universal Service Administrator by )

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Aberdeen School District No. 5 ) File No. SLD-297249

Aberdeen, Washington )

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Abington School District ) File No. SLD-309152

Abington, Pennsylvania )

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Blessed Sacrament School ) File No. SLD-318627

New Rochelle, New York )

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Boardman Local Schools ) File No. SLD-328276

Youngstown, Ohio )

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Educational Service Unit No. 1 ) File No. SLD-328324

Wakefield, Nebraska )

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Highland School District No. 305 ) File No. SLD-327965

Craigmont, Idaho )

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Idaho Falls School District No. 91 ) File No. SLD-232506

Idaho Falls, Idaho )

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Lotus Academy ) File No. SLD-330213

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania )

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Madison County Schools ) File No. SLD-301201

Danielsville, Georgia )

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Milwaukee Public Schools ) File No. SLD-301938

Milwaukee, Wisconsin )

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Montgomery County-Norristown ) File No. SLD-285801

Public Library )

Norristown, Pennsylvania )

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Santa Ana Unified School District ) File No. SLD-328415

Santa Ana, California )

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Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired ) File No. SLD-298124

Austin, Texas )

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Vicksburg Warren School District ) File No. SLD-265505

Vicksburg. Mississippi )

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Wood-Ridge Board of Education ) File No. SLD-331623

Wood-Ridge, New Jersey )

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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 24, 2002 Released: October 25, 2002**

By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition
Bureau:

1.  The Telecommunications Access 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]

2.  The Commission's rules provide that the Wireline Competition 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 requires additional time to
    review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional
    sixty (60) days the deadline by which the Bureau must take action
    regarding the instant Requests for Review of decisions by the SLD.

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 sixty (60) days to December 9, 2002, for the
    Request for Review filed by Aberdeen School District No. 5,
    Aberdeen, Washington; to December 17, 2002, for the Request for
    Review filed by Abington School District, Abington, Pennsylvania; to
    December 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Blessed
    Sacrament School, New Rochelle, New York; to December 27, 2002, for
    the Request for Review filed by Boardman Local Schools, Youngstown,
    Ohio; to December 17, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by
    Educational Service Unit No. 1, Wakefield, Nebraska; to December 30,
    2002, for the Request for Review filed by Highland School District
    No. 305, Craigmont, Idaho; to December 24, 2002, for the Request for
    Review filed by Idaho Falls School District No. 91, Idaho Falls,
    Idaho; to December 16, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by
    Lotus Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to December 17, 2002, for
    the Request for Review filed by Madison County Schools,
    Danielsville, Georgia; to December 3, 2002, for the Request for
    Review filed by Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; to
    December 17, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Montgomery
    County-Norristown Public Library, Norristown, Pennsylvania; to
    December 9, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Santa Ana
    Unified School District, Santa Ana, California; to December 13,
    2002, for the Request for the Request for Review filed by Texas
    School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Austin, Texas; to
    December 16, 2002 for the Request for Review filed by Vicksburg
    Warren School District, Vicksburg, Mississippi; to December 6, 2002
    for the Request for Review filed by Wood-Ridge Board of Education,
    Wood-Ridge, New Jersey.

    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

    Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy
    Division Wireline Competition Bureau

[^1]: Letter from Michael R. Williams, Aberdeen School District No. 5,
    filed July 10, 2002; Letter from S. Robert Wagman, Abington School
    District, filed July 18, 2002; Letter from Dr. Joan Woods, Blessed
    Sacrament School, filed July 10, 2002; Letter from Bob Wright,
    Boardman Local Schools, filed July 31, 2002; Letter from Jim
    Hopkins, Educational Service Unit No. 1, filed July 18, 2002; Letter
    from Ivy Breen, Highland School District No. 305, filed August 1,
    2002; John A. Christensen, Idaho Falls School District 91, filed
    July 29, 2002; Letter from Dr. Ina Walker, Lotus Academy, filed July
    19, 2002; Letter from Amy L. Denman, Madison County Schools, filed
    July 18, 2002; Letter from Scott Temperly, Milwaukee Public Schools,
    filed July 8, 2002; Letter from Laurie Tynan, Montgomery
    County-Norristown Public Library, filed July 18, 2002; Letter from
    Karen Aeppli, Santa Ana Unified School District, filed July 10,
    2002; Letter from Craig A. Abbe, Texas School for the Blind and
    Visually Impaired, filed July 15, 2002; Letter from Hugh Cummings,
    Vicksburg Warren School District, filed July 17, 2002; Letter from
    Michael D. Leary, Wood-Ridge Board of Education, filed July 8, 2002
    (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).