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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  1786 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 

 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Requests  for  Review  of  the  )  Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  )  ) 
 Bemus  Point  Central  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  239526  Bemus  Point,  New  York  ) 
 )  Cassopolis  Public  Schools  )  File  No.  SLD-  256502 
 Cassopolis,  Michigan  )  ) 
 City  School  District  of  New  Rochelle  )  File  No.  SLD-  232297  New  Rochelle,  New  York  ) 
 )  Danbury  Public  Schools  )  File  No.  SLD-  128420 
 Danbury,  Connecticut  )  ) 
 Eastern  Lebanon  County  School  District  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  220586,  220549  Myerstown,  Pennsylvania  ) 
 )  Esko  Public  Schools  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  226754,  229615 
 Esko,  Minnesota  )  230340  ) 
 Gloversville  Enlarged  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  252672  Gloversville,  New  York  ) 
 )  Good  Shepherd  Center  )  File  No.  SLD-  266044 
 Baltimore,  Maryland  )  ) 
 Granger  School  District  No.  204  )  File  No.  SLD-  254932  Granger,  Washington  ) 
 )  Gunter  Independent  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  265245 
 Gunter,  Texas  )  ) 
 Hamblen  County  School  District  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  125142,  125173  Round  Rock,  Texas  ) 
 )  Henryetta  Public  Schools  )  File  No.  SLD-  268075 
 Henryetta,  Oklahoma  ) 
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 Johnson  City  Independent  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  251001  Johnson  City,  Texas  ) 
 )  Johnson  Elementary  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  223824 
 Johnson,  Vermont  )  ) 
 Kenedy  Public  Library  )  File  No.  SLD-  263244  Kenedy,  Texas  ) 
 )  Mabton  Public  Schools  No.  120  )  File  No.  SLD-  233034 
 Mabton,  Washington  )  ) 
 Mirrer  Yeshiva  KTana  )  File  No.  SLD-  226530  Brooklyn,  New  York  ) 
 )  Mississippi  Department  of  Human  Services  )  File  No.  SLD-  239430 
 Jackson,  Mississippi  )  ) 
 Nederland  Independent  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  274014  Nederland,  Texas  ) 
 )  Pajaro  Valley  Unified  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  239267 
 Watsonville,  California  )  ) 
 Paso  Robles  Public  Schools  )  File  No.  SLD-  157477  Paso  Robles,  California  ) 
 )  Peru  Central  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  209015 
 Peru,  New  York  )  ) 
 Tallulah  Falls  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  283913  Tallulah  Falls,  Georgia  ) 
 )  Weathersfield  Local  Schools  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  226039,  226107 
 Mineral  Ridge,  Ohio  )  ) 
 Yeshiva  Beth  Yitzchok  DSpinka  )  File  No.  SLD-  262909  Brooklyn,  New  York  ) 
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 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  )  CC  Docket  No.  96-  45  Universal  Service  ) 
 )  Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  )  CC  Docket  No.  97-  21 
 National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  ) 

 ORDER 
 Adopted:  July  30,  2002  Released:  July  31,  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  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 

 1  Letter  from  Susan  G.  Gauch,  Bemus  Point  Central  School  District,  filed  February  20,  2002;  Letter  from  Richard  S. 
 DeVos,  Cassopolis  Public  Schools,  filed  February  19,  2002;  Letter  from  Liz  DAmico,  City  School  District  of  New  Rochelle,  filed  February  28,  2002;  Letter  from  Timothy  P.  Connors,  Danbury  Public  Schools,  filed  February  27, 

 2002;  Letter  from  Gwen  M.  Boltz,  Eastern  Lebanon  County  School  District,  filed  February  20,  2002;  Letter  from  Richard  Singpiel,  Esko  Public  Schools,  filed  February  27,  2002;  Letter  from  Dr.  Paul  V.  Fiacco,  Gloversville 
 Enlarged  School  District,  filed  February  15,  2002;  Letter  from  Maggie  McCarty,  Good  Shepherd  Center,  filed  February  27,  2002;  Letter  from  Timothy  Dunn,  Granger  School  District  No.  204,  filed  February  27,  2002;  Letter 
 from  Dawna  Uselton,  Gunter  Independent  School  District,  filed  March  1,  2002;  Letter  from  Sharon  Gonzales,  Hamblen  County  School  District,  filed  February  1,  2002;  Letter  from  Dan  Edwards,  Henryetta  Public  Schools,  filed 
 February  25,  2002;  Letter  from  Kevin  R.  Jacks,  Johnson  City  Independent  School  District,  filed  February  19,  2002;  Letter  from  Charles  F.  Cavanaugh,  Johnson  Elementary  School,  filed  February  20,  2002;  Letter  from  Silvia  Pena, 
 Kenedy  Public  Library,  filed  February  28,  2002;  Letter  from  Kevin  Chase,  Mabton  Public  Schools  No.  120,  filed  March  1,  2002;  Letter  from  M.  Rosenblum,  Mirrer  Yeshiva  KTana,  filed  February  20,  2002;  Letter  from  Willie 
 Blackmon,  Mississippi  Department  of  Human  Services,  filed  February  27,  2002;  Letter  from  Melissa  Wong,  Nederland  Independent  School  District,  filed  March  1,  2002;  Letter  from  Terry  McHenry,  Pajaro  Valley  Unified 
 School  District,  filed  February  28,  2002;  Letter  from  Laurie  Crowe,  Paso  Robles  Public  Schools,  filed  February  20,  2002;  Letter  from  Bonnie  Berry,  Peru  Central  School  District,  filed  February  20,  2002;  Letter  from  George  Roller, 
 Tallulah  Falls  School,  filed  February  28,  2002;  Letter  from  Angela  J.  Lewis,  Weathersfield  Local  Schools,  filed  February  19,  2002;  Letter  from  Zalman  Horowitz,  Yeshiva  Beth  Yitzchok  DSpinka,  filed  February  25,  2002 
 (Requests  for  Review). 
 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  Bemus  Point  Central  School  District, 
 Bemus  Point,  New  York,  et.  al.,  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service,  Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors 
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 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  August  19,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Bemus  Point  Central  School  District,  Bemus  Point,  New  York; 
 to  August  19,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Cassopolis  Public  Schools,  Cassopolis,  Michigan;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  City  School  District  of  New 
 Rochelle,  New  Rochelle,  New  York;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Danbury  Public  Schools,  Danbury,  Connecticut;  to  August  19,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review 
 filed  by  East  Lebanon  County  School  District,  Myerstown,  Pennsylvania;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Esko  Public  Schools,  Esko,  Minnesota;  to  August  15,  2002, 
 for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Gloversville  Enlarged  School  District,  Gloversville,  New  York;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Good  Shepherd  Center, 
 Baltimore,  Maryland;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Granger  School  District  No.  204,  Granger,  Washington;  to  August  28,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by 
 Gunter  Independent  School  District,  Gunter,  Texas;  to  July  31,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Hamblen  County  School  District,  Round  Rock,  Texas;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the 
 Request  for  Review  filed  by  Henryetta  Public  Schools,  Henryetta,  Oklahoma;  to  August  19,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Johnson  City  Independent  School  District,  Johnson 
 City,  Texas;  to  August  19,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Johnson  Elementary  School,  Johnson,  Vermont;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Kenedy 
 Public  Library,  Kenedy,  Texas;  to  August  28,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Mabton  Public  Schools  No.  120,  Mabton,  Washington;  to  August  19,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review 
 filed  by  Mirrer  Yeshiva  KTana,  Brooklyn,  New  York;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Mississippi  Department  of  Human  Services,  Jackson,  Mississippi;  to  August  28, 
 2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Nederland  Independent  School  District,  Nederland,  Texas;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Pajaro  Valley  Unified  School 
 District,  Watsonville,  California;  to  August  19,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Paso  Robles  Public  Schools,  Paso  Robles,  California;  to  August  19,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review 
 filed  by  Peru  Central  School  District,  Peru,  New  York;  to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Tallulah  Falls  School,  Tallulah  Falls,  Georgia;  to  August  19,  2002,  for  the 
 Request  for  Review  filed  by  Weathersfield  Local  Schools,  Mineral  Ridge,  Ohio; 

 of  the  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.,  CC  Docket  Nos.  96-  45  and  97-  21,  Order,  DA  02-  1185  (Com.  Car.  Bur.  rel.  May  17,  2002). 
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 to  August  26,  2002,  for  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Yeshiva  Beth  Yitzchok  DSpinka,  Brooklyn,  New  York. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 

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