**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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Banning Unified School District ) File No. SLD-226998

Banning, California )

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Burgundy Farm Country Day School ) File No. SLD-191800

Alexandria, Virginia )

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Our Lady of Refuge School ) File No. SLD-203596

Brooklyn, New York )

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Prairie-Hills Elementary School District No. 144 ) File No. SLD-252724

Hazel Crest, Illinois )

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School District of the Wisconsin Dells ) File No. SLD-245387

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin )

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Stafford Municipal School District ) File No. SLD-312485

Stafford, Texas )

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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: February 10, 2003 Released: February 11, 2003**

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 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 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 thirty (30) days to March 19, 2003, for the Request
    for Review filed by Banning Unified School District**,** Banning,
    California; to March 6, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by
    Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, Virginia; to March 19,
    2003, for the Request for Review filed by Our Lady of Refuge School,
    Brooklyn, New York; to March 17, 2003, for the Request for Review
    filed by Prairie Hills Elementary School District No. 144, Hazel
    Crest, Illinois; to March 6, 2003, for the Request for Review filed
    by School District of the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Dells,
    Wisconsin; to March 31, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by
    Stafford Municipal School District, Stafford, Texas.

    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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

[^1]: Letter from Robert Rivera, Banning Unified School District, filed
    September 20, 2002; Letter from Kelsey Neal and Jerry Marchildon,
    Burgundy Farm Country Day School, filed September 9, 2002; Letter
    from Regina M. Padron, Our Lady of Refuge School, filed September
    20, 2002; Letter from J. Kay Giles, Prairie Hills Elementary School
    District No. 144, filed September 17, 2002; Letter from Ann Gissal
    and Albert King, School District of Wisconsin Dells, filed September
    9, 2002; Letter from Charlotte Holden, Stafford Municipal School
    District, filed October 4, 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).

[^4]: *Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service
    Administrator by Baltimore County Public Schools, Towson, Maryland,
    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 03-38 (Wir. Com.
    Bur. rel. Jan. 9, 2003).