**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, DC 20554**

In the Matter of )

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Request for Waiver by )

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Anna Stowell Sunderland Bingham ) File No. SLD-190629

Memorial School )

Cornwall, Vermont )

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Capitol Region Education Council ) NEC.471.01-24-00.5400041

Hartford, Connecticut ) NEC.471.01-24-00.5400042

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Dickinson Public Schools ) NEC.471.01-20-00.5100012

Dickinson, North Dakota ) NEC.471.01-20-00.5100013

) NEC.471.01-20-00.5100014

) NEC.471.01-20-00.5100015

) NEC.471.01-20-00.5100016

) NEC.471.01-20-00.5100017

) NEC.471.01-20-00.5100018

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Ekalaka Public Schools ) NEC.471.01-21-00.05200049

Ekalaka, Montana ) NEC.471.01-24-00.05400011

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Hempstead Public Library ) Control No. D008448

Hempstead, New York )

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Linden Free Public Library ) Control No. E006635

Linden, New Jersey ) Control No. E008772

) Control No. E008789

) Control No. E008791

) Control No. E008801

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Minneapolis Public Schools ) NEC.471.04-03-00.31200014

Minneapolis, Minnesota )

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)

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Port Huron Area School District ) NEC.471.01-24-00.5400029

Port Huron, Michigan ) NEC.471.01-24-00.5400030

) NEC.471.01-24-00.5400031

) NEC.471.01-24-00.5400032

) NEC.471.01-24-00.5400033

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Silver Creek Central School District ) NEC.471.04-03-00.31200022

Silver Creek, New York )

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Stanley Community Schools ) NEC.471.01-24-00.5400186

Stanley, North Dakota )

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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: January 11, 2002 Released: January 14, 2002**

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.  The Accounting Policy Division has under consideration the
    above-captioned Waiver Requests seeking a waiver of the Commission's
    rules governing discounts for services under the schools and
    libraries universal service support mechanism.[^1] Specifically, the
    above-captioned entities request a waiver of the application window,
    because they did not submit a completed FCC Form 471 by the filing
    deadline. For the reasons set forth below, we deny the
    above-captioned Waiver Requests.

2.  Under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism,
    eligible schools, libraries, and consortia that include eligible
    schools and libraries, may apply for discounts for eligible
    telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal
    connections.[^2] In order to receive discounts on eligible services,
    the Commission's rules require that the applicant submit to the
    Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service
    Administrative Company (Administrator) a completed FCC Form 470, in
    which the applicant sets forth its technological needs and the
    services for which it seeks discounts.[^3] The Administrator must
    post the FCC Form 470 on its website, and the applicant is required
    to wait 28 days before making a commitment with a selected service
    provider.[^4] Once the applicant has complied with the Commission's
    competitive bidding requirements and entered into an agreement for
    eligible services, it must file an FCC Form 471 application to
    notify the Administrator of the services that have been ordered, the
    carrier with whom the applicant has entered into an agreement, and
    an estimate of funds needed to cover the discounts to be given for
    eligible services.[^5] The Commission's rules require that the
    applicant file a completed FCC Form 471 within a filing window
    established by the Administrator to be considered pursuant to the
    funding priorities for "in-window" applicants.[^6] All FCC Forms 471
    that are filed within the window are considered as if they had
    arrived on the same day, and have priority over those received after
    the closing date of the window.[^7]

3.  Filings with the Commission that do not involve the schools and
    libraries universal service support mechanism are typically
    considered filed on the date that they are received by the
    Commission, rather than when postmarked by the applicant.[^8] Under
    SLD's procedures in effect for the first three funding years,
    applications that were not *received* by SLD by the close of the
    filing window were deemed to have missed the deadline.[^9] The
    filing window deadline for Funding Year 1 (January 1, 1998 -- June
    30, 1999) was April 15, 1998.[^10] The deadline for Funding Year 2
    (July 1, 1999 -- June 30, 2000) was originally established as April
    6, 1999.[^11] However, upon determining that uncommitted funds
    remained after processing all in-window applications, SLD extended
    the filing window deadline for Funding Year 2 to March 31,
    2000.[^12] For Funding Year 3 (July 1, 2000 -- June 30, 2001), the
    filing window deadline was January 19, 2000.[^13] Tens of thousands
    of applicants successfully filed their FCC Forms 471 within the
    filing window.

4.  Starting with the application process for Funding Year 4, SLD, in
    consultation with the Commission, directed that FCC Forms 471 would
    be considered filed when *postmarked*, not when received.[^14] The
    new policy is designed to ensure that applicants are held harmless
    in the event of a failure of the postal system or courier to deliver
    the application within a reasonable period of time. SLD's new policy
    applies only starting in Funding Year 4, and does not apply
    retroactively to the first three funding years.

5.  Each of the above-captioned applicants filed its FCC Form 471
    outside of the filing window in one of the first three funding
    years, and now seeks a waiver of our rules governing the filing
    window. Waiver is appropriate if special circumstances warrant a
    deviation from the general rule, and such deviation would better
    serve the public interest than strict adherence to the general
    rule.[^15]

6.  We find that the above-captioned applicants have demonstrated no
    such special circumstances. The Commission has strictly and
    consistently enforced filing deadlines, allowing waivers of
    deadlines only in very limited and compelling situations.[^16] In
    light of the large number of applications that SLD reviews and
    processes each year, it is administratively necessary to place on
    the applicant the responsibility of complying with all relevant
    rules and procedures, including filing deadlines. [^17] In all of
    the instant Waiver Requests, the applicants mailed their FCC Forms
    471 less than three days before the last day of the filing window,
    and therefore had little likelihood that SLD would receive their
    application by the close of the window.[^18] Indeed, one of the
    above-captioned applicants mailed its FCC Form 471 on the last day
    of the filing window, with no reasonable expectation of timely
    filing.[^19] Given the limited discounts available under the
    mechanism, providing discounts to applicants that fail to follow
    program rules results in other applicants, which did follow program
    rules, receiving reduced support, or none at all.[^20] In order for
    the program to work efficiently and fairly, the applicant must
    assume responsibility for timely submission of its application
    materials if it wishes to be considered within the window.

7.  In *Hardee County*, the Commission recently granted a waiver of its
    filing window deadline for the schools and libraries support
    mechanism to a limited number of applicants.[^21] It directed that
    applicants with pending Waiver Requests for any of the first three
    funding years that could demonstrate that they had postmarked their
    FCC Forms 471 at least three days before the filing window deadline,
    or that they mailed the forms via guaranteed overnight courier at
    least one day before the deadline, would be deemed to have filed
    their FCC Forms 471 within the filing window.[^22] The Commission
    based its determination in large measure upon the fact that,
    beginning in Funding Year 4, applications are deemed filed when
    postmarked.[^23]

8.  In granting the waivers for applications in the first three funding
    years, the Commission provided fair treatment to applicants that
    exercised reasonable efforts to comply with then-existing
    procedures, by not penalizing them for long mail delivery delays.
    One application, for example, was not received until nine days after
    being mailed, two days past the deadline.[^24]

9.  However, none of the above-captioned applicants with Waiver Requests
    meet the criteria set forth in *Hardee County*. Because these
    applicants failed to allow sufficient time to file their FCC Forms
    471, we deny their Waiver Requests, as explained below.

10. [Anna Stowell Sunderland Bingham Memorial School.]{.underline} After
    experiencing difficulty filing electronically in the week before the
    Year 3 filing window deadline of January 19, 2000, Anna Stowell
    Sunderland Bingham Memorial School (Bingham) mailed its FCC Form 471
    on January 18, 2000.[^25] SLD received it on January 20, 2000.[^26]
    Bingham contends that SLD representatives advised it incorrectly on
    January 18, 2000, after it mailed its application, not to file
    electronically, and wrongly assured it that its mailed application
    would be timely.[^27] We decline to grant relief on the basis of
    incorrect advice from SLD. Commission precedent establishes that
    where a party has received erroneous advice, the government is not
    estopped from enforcing its rules in a manner that is inconsistent
    with the advice provided by the employee, particularly when relief
    is contrary to a rule.[^28] Bingham offers no other extenuating
    circumstances in support of its Waiver Request. We conclude that
    Bingham fails to demonstrate special circumstances warranting a
    deviation from our rules, and therefore deny its Waiver
    Request.[^29]

11. [Capitol Region Educational Council.]{.underline} Capitol Region
    Educational Council (CREC) mailed its FCC Forms 471 by certified
    mail (return receipt requested) on January 19, 2000, the last day of
    the Year 3 filing window.[^30] They were filed on January 24,
    2000.[^31] CREC explains that it mistakenly thought that
    applications needed to be mailed, not received, by January 19,
    2000.[^32] It contends that the requirement that applications be
    received by the close of the filing window did not appear in any
    written instructions.[^33] CREC further states that it assumed that
    SLD filing procedures parallel those of the Internal Revenue Service
    (IRS).[^34] However, IRS procedures have no bearing on Commission or
    SLD policies. Moreover, CREC was on notice that its application
    would be deemed filed when received. The FCC Form 471 written
    instructions refer applicants to the SLD website for annual filing
    deadline dates, which vary from year to year.[^35] The website, in
    turn, explicitly informs applicants that FCC Forms 471 are deemed
    filed when received.[^36] We emphasize again that the vast majority
    of applicants submitted timely FCC Forms 471. CREC offers no other
    extenuating circumstances in support of its Waiver Request. We
    conclude that CREC fails to demonstrate special circumstances
    warranting a deviation from our rules, and therefore deny its Waiver
    Request.[^37]

12. [Dickinson Public Schools]{.underline}. Dickinson Public Schools
    (Dickinson) mailed its FCC Forms 471 on January 17, 2000, two days
    before the filing window closed for Funding Year 3.[^38] It states
    that by mailing its applications two days prior to the deadline, it
    "had every intention of meeting that deadline."[^39] Dickinson
    offers no other extenuating circumstances in support of its Waiver
    Request. We conclude that Dickinson fails to demonstrate special
    circumstances warranting a deviation from our rules, and therefore
    deny its Waiver Request.[^40]

13. [Ekalaka Public Schools.]{.underline} Ekalaka Public Schools
    (Ekalaka) contends that it was unable to successfully file
    electronically, and thus mailed its FCC Forms 471 on January 18,
    2000, the day before the Year 3 filing window closed.[^41] It
    further states that there is no guaranteed overnight mail delivery
    in that area, and therefore it could not file it by the close of the
    window.[^42] Ekalaka offers no other extenuating circumstances in
    support of its Waiver Request. We conclude that Ekalaka fails to
    demonstrate special circumstances warranting a deviation from our
    rules, and therefore deny its Waiver Request.[^43]

14. [Hempstead Public Library]{.underline}. Hempstead Public Library
    (Hempstead) filed its FCC Form 471 on April 17, 1998, two days after
    the filing window closed for Funding Year 1.[^44] Hempstead provides
    no evidence in its Waiver Request of when it mailed the
    application.[^45] However, it signed its typewritten FCC Form 471 on
    April 13, 1998.[^46] Because the application could not have been
    mailed before the signature date of April 13, and the signature date
    was less than three days before the filing window closed, Hempstead
    could not have mailed its application at least three days before the
    deadline. Hempstead offers no other extenuating circumstances in
    support of its Waiver Request. We conclude that Hempstead fails to
    demonstrate special circumstances warranting a deviation from our
    rules, and therefore deny its Waiver Request.[^47]

15. [Linden Free Public Library.]{.underline} Linden Free Public Library
    (Linden) filed its FCC Forms 471 on April 20, 1998, five days after
    the filing window closed for Funding Year 1.[^48] It states that it
    mailed the forms on April 13, 1998, two days before the deadline
    closed, and provides no justification for its late filing.[^49]
    Linden offers no other extenuating circumstances in support of its
    Waiver Request. We conclude that Linden fails to demonstrate special
    circumstances warranting a deviation from our rules, and therefore
    deny its Waiver Request.[^50]

16. [Minneapolis Public Schools.]{.underline} Minneapolis Public Schools
    (Minneapolis) filed its FCC Form 471 on April 3, 2000, after the
    Year 2 filing window closed on March 31, 2000.[^51] Minneapolis
    mailed its application by certified mail on March 30, 2000, and
    provides no justification for its late filing.[^52] Minneapolis
    offers no other extenuating circumstances in support of its Waiver
    Request. We conclude that Minneapolis fails to demonstrate special
    circumstances warranting a deviation from our rules, and therefore
    deny its Waiver Request.[^53]

17. [Port Huron Area School District]{.underline}. Port Huron Area
    School District (Port Huron) filed its Year 3 FCC Forms 471 on
    January 24, 2000, after the filing window closed on January 19,
    2000.[^54] Port Huron mailed its application on January 18, 2000,
    and explains that it believed that applications were considered
    filed when postmarked.[^55] Port Huron offers no other extenuating
    circumstances in support of its Waiver Request. We conclude that
    Port Huron fails to demonstrate special circumstances warranting a
    deviation from our rules, and therefore deny its Waiver
    Request.[^56]

18. [Silver Creek Central School District]{.underline}. Silver Creek
    Central School District (Silver Creek) filed its FCC Form 471 on
    April 3, 2000, after the Year 2 filing window closed on March 31,
    2000.[^57] Silver Creek argues that its application was timely.[^58]
    In support of its contention, it provides a certified mail receipt
    that it had marked "BEAR FORM," indicating that SLD received the
    item on March 27, 2000.[^59] This evidence reflects only that Silver
    Creek submitted the so-called BEAR (Billed Entity Applicant
    Reimbursement) form to SLD on March 27, 2000, not that it filed its
    FCC Form 471 on that day.[^60] SLD records confirm that SLD did
    receive Silver Creek's BEAR form on that day, but show that SLD
    received Silver Creek's Year 2 FCC Form 471 on April 3, 2000,
    outside the filing window.[^61] Silver Creek provides no evidence
    disputing SLD's records regarding the late submission of its FCC
    Form 471, nor does it offer other extenuating circumstances in
    support of its Waiver Request. We conclude that Silver Creek fails
    to demonstrate special circumstances warranting a deviation from our
    rules, and therefore deny its Waiver Request.[^62]

19. [Stanley Community Schools.]{.underline} Stanley Community Schools
    (Stanley) states that it filed its FCC Form 471 late in Funding Year
    3 because it mistakenly believed that applications were considered
    filed when postmarked.[^63] Stanley mailed its FCC Form 471 on
    January 18, 2000, one day before the filing window closed, and it
    was received by SLD on January 24, 2000.[^64] Stanley offers no
    other extenuating circumstances in support of its Waiver Request. We
    conclude that Stanley fails to demonstrate special circumstances
    warranting a deviation from our rules, and therefore deny its Waiver
    Request.[^65]

20. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under
    sections 0.91, 0.291, 1.3, and 54.722(a) of the Commission\'s rules,
    47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.3 and 54.722(a), that the following
    Waiver Requests ARE DENIED: Anna Stowell Sunderland Bingham Memorial
    School, Cornwall, Vermont, filed June 6, 2000; Capitol Region
    Education Council, Hartford, Connecticut, filed June 26, 2000;
    Dickinson Public Schools, Dickinson, North Dakota, filed June 26,
    2000; Ekalaka Public Schools, Ekalaka, Montana, filed July 6, 2000;
    Hempstead Public Library, Hempstead, New York, filed February 29,
    2000; Linden Free Public Library, Linden, New Jersey, filed February
    22, 2000; Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis, Minnesota, filed
    August 11, 2000; Port Huron Area School District, Port Huron,
    Michigan, filed June 29, 2000; Silver Creek Central School District,
    Silver Creek, New York, filed July 26, 2000; Stanley Community
    Schools, Stanley, North Dakota, filed July 5, 2000.

    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Mark G. Seifert

Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division

Common Carrier Bureau

[^1]: *See* Letter from Linda Kautzman, Anna Stowell Sunderland Bingham
    Memorial School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 6,
    2000 (Bingham Waiver Request); Letter from George S. Synodi, Capitol
    Region Education Council, to Federal Communications Commission,
    filed June 26, 2000 (CREC Waiver Request); Letter from Vince Reep,
    Dickinson Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission,
    filed June 26, 2000 (Dickinson Waiver Request); Letter from Jule
    Walker, Ekalaka Public Schools, to Federal Communications
    Commission, filed July 6, 2000 (Ekalaka Waiver Request); Letter from
    Irene A. Duszkiewicz, Hempstead Public Library, to Federal
    Communications Commission, filed February 29, 2000 (Hempstead Waiver
    Request); Letter from Roberta Canavan, Linden Free Public Library,
    to Federal Communications Commission, filed February 22, 2000
    (Linden Waiver Request); Letter from Daniel T. Cincoski, Minneapolis
    School District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August
    11, 2000 (Minneapolis Waiver Request); Letter from Jeffrey S.
    Cassin, Port Huron Area School District, to Federal Communications
    Commission, filed June 29, 2000 (Port Huron Waiver Request); Letter
    from Dennis J. Corsaro, Silver Creek Central School District, to
    Federal Communications Commission, filed July 26, 2000 (Silver Creek
    Waiver Request); Letter from Allen Burgad, Stanley Community
    Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed July 5, 2000
    (Stanley Waiver Request).

[^2]: 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.502, 54.503.

[^3]: 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.504(b)(1), (b)(3).

[^4]: 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.504(b)(3) and (4); § 54.511.

[^5]: 47 C.F.R. § 54.504(c).

[^6]: 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.504(c); 54.507(c).

[^7]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 54.507(c).

[^8]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 1.7.

[^9]: *See, e.g.*, SLD website, What's New March 2000 (March 29, 2000)
    \<<http://www.sl.universalservice.org/whatsnew/032000.asp#32900>\>.

[^10]: *See* Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket
    No. 96- 45, Fifth Order on Reconsideration and Fourth Report and
    Order, 13 FCC Rcd 14915, 14925, para. 16 n.39 (1998).

[^11]: *See, e.g.*, SLD website, What's New March 2000 (March 29, 2000)
    \<<http://www.sl.universalservice.org/whatsnew/032000.asp#32900>\>.

[^12]: *Id.*

[^13]: *See* SLD website, SLD Announces Availability of New Forms
    (October 19, 1999) \<[http://
    www.sl.universalservice.org/whatsnew/101999.asp]{.underline}\>.

[^14]: *See* Instructions for Completing the Schools and Libraries
    Universal Service, Services Ordered and Certification Form (FCC Form
    471), OMB 3060-0806 (October 2000) (Form 471 Instructions).

[^15]: *Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC*, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166
    (D.C. Cir. 1990).

[^16]: *See, e.g., Request for Waiver by Stephen-Argyle Central School
    District,* *Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes
    to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier
    Association, Inc*., File No. SLD-228975, CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and
    97-21, Order, 16 FCC Rcd 15879 (Acc. Pol. Div. 2001)
    (Stephen-Argyle); *FCC Overrules Caldwell Television,* 58 RR 2d
    1706, 1707 (1985) (permitting waivers only for particularly unusual
    and compelling circumstances).

[^17]: ^?^ *See* *Request for Review by Anderson School Staatsburg,
    Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board
    of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association*, File No.
    SLD-133664, CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-21, Order, 15 FCC Rcd 25610
    (Com. Car. Bur. 2000), para. 8 ("In light of the thousands of
    applications that SLD reviews and processes each funding year, it is
    administratively necessary to place on the applicant the
    *responsibility* of understanding all relevant program rules and
    procedures.").

[^18]: *See infra* paras. 10, 12-20.

[^19]: *See infra* para. 11.

[^20]: *See* 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.505-54.507.

[^21]: *See Request for Review by Hardee County School Board 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 01-2978 (Com. Car.
    Bur. rel. December 21, 2001) (*Hardee County*).

[^22]: *See id.*

[^23]: *See id.*

[^24]: *See id.* (citing Rosendale Waiver Request).

[^25]: Bingham Waiver Request.

[^26]: FCC Form 471, Anna Stowell Sunderland Bingham Memorial School,
    filed January 20, 2000.

[^27]: Bingham Waiver Request.

[^28]: *In re Mary Ann Salvatoriello*, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 6
    FCC Rcd 4705, 4707-08, para. 22 (1991) (citing *Office of Personnel
    Management v. Richmond*, 497 U.S. 1046 (1990)).

[^29]: *See Hardee County.*

[^30]: CREC Waiver Request.

[^31]: FCC Forms 471, Capitol Region Education Council, filed January
    24, 2000. We observe that CREC in its request refers to its FCC Form
    470 number, NEC.70C.01-24-00.06500161, consistent with the
    Administrator's Waiver Request sent by SLD on June 7, 2000. *See*
    Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service
    Administrative Company to George S. Synodi, Capitol Region Education
    Council, dated June 7, 2000; *see also* CREC Waiver Request. In
    keeping with our practice of referencing Waiver Requests by FCC Form
    471 number, where possible, we cite herein to the relevant FCC Form
    471 numbers.

[^32]: CREC Waiver Request.

[^33]: *Id.*

[^34]: *Id*.

[^35]: Instructions for Completing the Schools and Libraries Universal
    Service, Services Ordered and Certification Form (December 1998),
    OMB 3060-0806 (September 1999) (Form 471 Instructions).

[^36]: *See* SLD website, What's New (November 10, 1999)
    \<[http://www.sl.universalservice.org/whatsnew/111999.asp]{.underline}\>
    (emphasizing the receipt of applications for filing purposes).

[^37]: *See Hardee County.* We observe that in its Waiver Request, CREC
    emphasizes that it does not request a waiver of our rules, because
    it views its FCC Form 471 filing as timely, based on its view that
    the SLD should have permitted applications to be postmarked by the
    filing date. CREC Waiver Request. Because we determine that CREC
    failed to comply with the program's clear rules and filed outside
    the window, we treat its request as a Waiver Request, and deny it.

[^38]: Dickinson Waiver Request; FCC Forms 471, Dickinson Public
    Schools, filed January 20, 2000.

[^39]: Dickinson Waiver Request.

[^40]: *See Hardee County.*

[^41]: Ekalaka Waiver Request.

[^42]: *Id.*

[^43]: *See Hardee County.*

[^44]: FCC Form 471, Hempstead Public Library, filed April 17, 1998.

[^45]: Hempstead Waiver Request.

[^46]: FCC Form 471, Hempstead Public Library, filed April 17, 1998.

[^47]: *See Hardee County.*

[^48]: FCC Form 471, Linden Free Public Library, filed April 20, 1998.

[^49]: Linden Waiver Request.

[^50]: *See Hardee County.*

[^51]: FCC Form 471, Minneapolis Public Schools, filed April 3, 2000.

[^52]: Minneapolis Waiver Request.

[^53]: *See Hardee County.*

[^54]: FCC Forms 471, Port Huron Area School District, filed January 24,
    2000.

[^55]: Port Huron Waiver Request. We note that Port Huron previously
    filed a letter with the Commission on May 9, 2000, also asking that
    the same FCC Forms 471 be considered as timely filed. Letter from
    Jeffrey S. Cassin, Port Huron Area School District, to Federal
    Communications Commission, filed May 9, 2000. We incorporated those
    letters into the record upon which we based our decision.

[^56]: *See Hardee County.*

[^57]: Silver Creek Waiver Request.

[^58]: *Id.*

[^59]: *Id.*, Attachment.

[^60]: FCC Form 472, the Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement (BEAR)
    form, is filed for reimbursement of discounts on approved services
    already paid for by the Billed Entity Applicant. *See* Schools and
    Libraries Universal Service, Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement
    Form, OMB 3060-0856 (October 1998) (Form 472).

[^61]: *See* FCC Form 472, Silver Creek Central School District, filed
    March 27, 2000.

[^62]: *See Hardee County.*

[^63]: Stanley Waiver Request.

[^64]: FCC Form 471, Stanley Community Schools, filed January 24, 2000.

[^65]: *See Hardee County.*