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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  3629 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Requests  for  Review  of  the  )  Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  )  ) 
 American  Falls  School  District  No.  1381  )  File  No.  SLD-  380611  American  Falls,  Idaho  ) 
 )  Approach  Learning  and  Assessment  Centers  )  File  No.  SLD-  297762 
 (filed  by  E-  Rate  Consulting)  )  Winston-  Salem,  North  Carolina  ) 
 )  Banning  Unified  School  District  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  295351,  312273 
 Banning,  California  )  ) 
 CRW  Consulting,  LLC  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  306785,  303203,  Tulsa,  Oklahoma  )  307124,  297420,  306762 
 )  El  Monte  Unified  High  School  District,  et  al  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  295589,  303357, 
 El  Monte,  California  )  305956,  311437,  313520,  314228  ) 
 Florence  County  School  District  3  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  224402,  224408,  Chicago,  Illinois  )  224412,  224418,  224419,  227486 
 )  Fowler  Elementary  School  District  No  45  )  File  No.  SLD-  298897 
 Phoenix,  Arizona  )  ) 
 Helena  Public  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  329699  Helena,  Montana  ) 
 )  Humble  Independent  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  380437 
 Humble,  Texas  )  ) 
 International  Business  Machines  Corporation  )  File  No.  SLD-  302305  (filed  on  behalf  of  Winton-  Salem/  Forsyth  ) 
 County  School  District)  )  Winston-  Salem,  North  Carolina  ) 
 )  Integrity  Communications  on  behalf  of  San  Diego  )  File  No.  SLD-  317808 
 Independent  School  District  )  San  Diego,  Texas  ) 
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 )  Iroquois  West  Community  Unit  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  343292 
 District  No.  10  )  Gilman,  Illinois  ) 
 )  John  A.  Coleman  Catholic  High  School  )  Billed  Entity  No.  13863 
 Hurley,  New  York  )  ) 
 Knox  County  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  215885  Knoxville,  Tennessee  ) 
 )  Lincoln  Parish  School  Board  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  344917,  359293 
 Ruston,  Louisiana  )  373945,  373993,  378343  ) 
 Nampa  School  District  No.  13  )  File  No.  SLD-  318599  Nampa,  Idaho  ) 
 )  Ohr  Haemet  Institute  )  File  No.  SLD-  227901 
 Los  Angeles,  California  )  ) 
 OneNet  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  139469,  136909  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  )  149283 
 )  Owensboro  Public  Schools  )  File  No.  SLD-  241629 
 Owensboro,  Kentucky  )  ) 
 Penn  Cambria  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  340427  Cleveland,  Ohio  ) 
 )  Rosemead  School  District  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  303357 
 Rosemead,  California  )  ) 
 School  Board  of  Alachua  County  )  File  No.  SLD-  266209  Gainesville,  Florida  ) 
 )  School  District  of  Palm  Beach  County  )  File  No.  SLD-  328065 
 West  Palm  Beach,  Florida  )  ) 
 Southwest  Plains  Regional  Service  Center  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  109071,  107527  Sublette,  Kansas  )  75145,  69113 
 )  Starkville  School  District  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  306276,  305788 
 Starkville,  Mississippi  )  314970  ) 
 Sts.  Peter  and  Paul  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  372104  Warren,  Ohio  ) 
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 )  Tamaroa  Public  School  District  No.  5  )  File  No.  SLD-  340729 
 Tamaroa,  Illinois  )  ) 
 Virgin  Island  Department  of  Education  )  File  No.  SLD-  331593  St.  Thomas,  Virgin  Islands  ) 
 )  Yeshiva  Bnos  Ahavas  Israel  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  222194,  226981 
 Brooklyn,  New  York  )  ) 
 Schools  and  Libraries  Universal  Service  )  CC  Docket  No.  02-  6  Support  Mechanism  ) 
 ) 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  12,  2003  Released:  November  13,  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 


 1  Letter  from  Dr.  Robert  Johnston,  American  Falls  School  District  No.  1381,  filed  June  30,  2003;  Letter  from  Robert 
 Morrow,  Approach  Learning  and  Assessment  Centers  (filed  by  E-  Rate  Consulting),  filed  June  20,  2003;  Letter  from  E.  Ashton  Johnston,  Banning  Unified  School  District,  filed  June  6,  2003;  Letter  from  Chris  Webber,  CRW 


 Consulting,  LLC,  filed  June  13,  2003;  Letter  from  E.  Ashton  Johnston,  El  Monte  Unified  High  School  District,  et  al,  filed  June  19,  2003;  Letter  from  D.  Scott  Barash,  Florence  County  School  District  3,  filed  June  9,  2003;  Letter  from 
 Fowler  Elementary  School  District  No  45,  filed  June  26,  2003;  Letter  from  Barbara  Ridgway,  Helena  Public  School  District,  filed  June  10,  2003;  Letter  from  Bill  Alexander,  Humble  Independent  School  District,  filed  June  18,  2003; 
 Letter  from  Colleen  Boothby,  International  Business  Machines  Corporation  (filed  on  behalf  of  Winston-Salem/  Forsyth  County  School  District)  ,  filed  June  20,  2003;  Letter  from  Walter  Steimel,  Integrity  Communications 
 on  behalf  of  San  Diego  Independent  School  District,  filed  June  12,  2003;  Letter  from  Scott  J.  Oyer,  Iroquois  West  Community  Unit  School  District  No.  10,  filed  June  19,  2003;  Letter  from  William  F.  Berardi,  John  A.  Coleman 
 Catholic  High  School,  filed  June  4,  2003;  Letter  from  Pat  Dickens,  Knox  County  School  District,  filed  June  4,  2003;  Letter  from  Gerald  W.  Cobb,  Lincoln  Parish  School  Board,  filed  June  10,  2003;  Letter  from  Bill  Beverage,  Nampa 
 School  District-  131,  filed  June  5,  2003;  Letter  from  Rabbi  David  Akhamizadeh,  Ohr  Haemet  Ahavas  Israel,  filed  June  23,  2003;  Letter  from  Kurt  A.  Snodgrass,  OneNet,  filed  June  13,  2003;  Letter  from  Ron  Milliner,  Owensboro 
 Public  Schools,  filed  June  11,  2003;  Letter  from  Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  Penn  Cambria  School  District,  filed  June  4,  2003;  Letter  from  Dr.  Lila  Wills  Bronson,  Rosemead  School  District,  filed  June  23,  2003;  Letter  from  Jim  Utley, 
 School  Board  of  Alachua  County,  filed  June  24,  2003;  Letter  from  Kemal  Hawa,  School  District  of  Palm  Beach  County,  filed  June  16,  2003;  Letter  from  Carol  J.  Swinney,  Southwest  Plains  Regional  Service  Center,  filed  June  11, 
 2003;  Letter  from  Marion  Schiefer,  Starkville  School  District,  filed  June  9,  2003;  Letter  from  Sister  Margaret  Mary,  Sts.  Peter  and  Paul  School,  filed  June  16,  2003;  Letter  from  Robert  Trover,  Tamaroa  Public  School  District  No.  5, 
 filed  June  23,  2003;  Letter  from  Noreen  Michael,  Virgin  Islands  Department  of  Education,  filed  June  17,  2003;  Letter  from  Shlomo  Levine,  Yeshiva  Bnos  Ahavas  Israel,  filed  July  9,  2003  (Requests  for  Review). 
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 of  SLD  decisions  pursuant  to  section  54.719(  c)  of  the  Commissions  rules.  2 
 2.  The  Commissions  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  December  26,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  American  Falls  School  District  No.  1381,  American  Falls, 
 Idaho;  to  December  18,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Approach  Learning  and  Assessment  Centers  (filed  by  E-  Rate  Consulting),  Woodstock,  Georgia;  to  December  4,  2003, 
 for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Banning  Unified  School  District,  Banning,  California;  to  December  11,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  CRW  Consulting,  LLC,  Tulsa, 
 Oklahoma;  to  December  17,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  El  Monte  Unified  High  School  District,  et  al,  El  Monte,  California;  to  December  4,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review 
 filed  by  Florence  County  School  District  3,  Chicago,  Illinois;  to  December  24,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Fowler  Elementary  School  District  No  45,  Phoenix,  Arizona;  to 
 December  8,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Helena  Public  School  District,  Helena,  Montana;  to  December  17,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Humble  Independent 
 School  District,  Humble,  Texas;  to  December  18,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  International  Business  Machines  Corporation  (filed  on  behalf  of  Winston-  Salem/  Forsyth  County 
 School  District),  Winston-  Salem,  North  Carolina;  to  December  10,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Integrity  Communications  on  behalf  of  San  Diego  Independent  School  District, 
 San  Diego,  Texas;  to  December  17,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Iroquois  West  Community  Unit  School  District  No.  10,  Gilman,  Illinois;  to  December  1,  2003,  for  the  Request 
 for  Review  filed  by  John  A.  Coleman  Catholic  High  School,  Hurley,  New  York;  to  December  1,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Knox  County  School  District,  Knoxville,  Tennessee; 
 to  December  8,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Lincoln  Parish  School  Board,  Ruston,  Louisiana;  to  December  1,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Nampa  School  District-131, 
 Nampa,  Idaho;  to  December  18,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Ohr  Haemet  Institute,  Los  Angeles,  California;  to  December  11,  2003;  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by 
 OneNet,  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma;  to  December  10,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Owensboro  Public  Schools,  Owensboro,  Kentucky;  to  December  1,  2003,  for  the  Request  for 


 2  See  Requests  for  Review.  Section  54.  719(  c)  of  the  Commissions  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  American  Falls  School  District  No. 
 1381,  American  Falls,  ID,  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-  2977  (Wir. 


 Com.  Bur.  rel.  Sep.  29,  2003). 
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 Review  filed  by  Penn  Cambria  School  District  ,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  to  December  18,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Rosemead  School  District,  Rosemead,  California;  to  December  22, 
 2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  School  Board  of  Alachua  County,  Gainesville,  Florida;  to  December  11,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  School  District  of  Palm  Beach 
 County,  West  Palm  Beach,  Florida;  to  December  10,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Southwest  Plains  Regional  Service  Center,  Sublette,  Kansas;  to  December  4,  2003,  for  the 
 Request  for  Review  filed  by  Starkville  School  District,  Starkville,  Mississippi;  to  December  11,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Sts.  Peter  and  Paul  School,  Warren,  Ohio;  to 
 December  18,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Tamaroa  Public  School  District  No.  5,  Tamaroa,  Illinois;  to  December  15,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Virgin  Island 
 Department  of  Education,  St.  Thomas,  Virgin  Islands;  to  December  18,  2003,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Yeshiva  Bnos  Ahavas  Israel,  Brooklyn,  New  York. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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