Federal Communications Commission DA 00-2697

Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554

In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Buffalo & Erie County Public Library ) SLD-137482 Buffalo, New York ) ) Center School District ) NEC.471.01-19-00.05001519 Kansas City, Missouri ) ) Chickasaw Regional Library System ) SLD-142924 Ardmore, Oklahoma ) ) Chimes School ) NEC.471.03-23-00.30400005 Baltimore, Maryland ) ) Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library ) NEC.471.04-26-99.11200011 Cynthiana, Kentucky ) ) Dodge Memorial Library ) NEC.471.12-20-99.25000013 Tamms, Illinois ) ) Genesee Intermediate School District ) SLD-151960 Flint, Michigan ) ) King and Queen County Public Schools ) NEC.471.01-19-00.05000968 King and Queen Court House, Virginia ) ) Lac du Flambeau Public School ) File No. SLD-202666 Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin ) ) Los Angeles Unified School District ) File No. SLD-198125 Los Angeles, California ) ) Naperville Community Unit School District 203 ) File No. SLD-203343 Naperville, Illinois ) ) South Carolina Office of Information Systems ) File No. SLD-120219 Columbia, South Carolina ) Federal Communications Commission DA 00-2697

Tussey Mountain School District ) File No. SLD-202593 Saxton, Pennsylvania ) ) Waikiki Elementary School ) NEC.471.02-17-00.07200005 Honolulu, Hawaii ) ) Weskan Unified School District #242 ) File No. SLD-183041 Weskan, Kansas ) ) 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. )

Adopted: November 30, 2000 Released: December 1, 2000

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1. The Accounting 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 the decisions of SLD pursuant to section 54.719(c) of the Commission’s rules.2

2. The Commission’s rules provide that the Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) must issue a decision resolving a request for review of matters properly before it within ninety days unless the time period is extended.3 The Bureau extended by sixty days the time period for

1Letter from Kenneth H. Stone, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, filed July 11, 2000; Letter from Bruce Rehmer, Center School District, filed July 31, 2000; Letter from Lynn A. McIntosh, Chickasaw Regional Library System, filed July 18, 2000; Letter from Martin Lampner, the Chimes School, filed July 25, 2000; Letter from E. Susan Ellis, Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library, filed July 25, 2000; Letter from June Cain, Dodge Memorial Library, filed July 25, 2000; Letter from Beverly Knox-Pipes, Genesee Intermediate School District, filed July 31, 2000; Letter from Lloyd A. Hamlin, King and Queen County Public Schools, filed July 12, 2000; Letter from Lloyd Strasburg; Lac du Flambeau Public School, filed August 16, 2000; Letter from Eric Militz, Naperville Community Unit School District 203, filed July 11, 2000; Letter from R. Brian Johnson, South Carolina Office of Information Systems, filed July 12, 2000; Letter from Catherine Baker (E-Rate Office); Los Angeles Unified School District, filed July 13, 2000; Letter from Lisa Rankin, Tussey Mountain School District, filed July 14, 2000; Letter from Les Goto, Waikiki Elementary School, filed July 6, 2000; Letter from Greg Robinson, Weskan Unified School District #242, filed July 17, 2000.

2 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).

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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 Schools and Libraries Division.5

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 of decisions by the Schools and Libraries Division IS EXTENDED BY thirty days to December 29, 2000, for the Letter of Appeal of Waikiki Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii; to January 5, 2001 for Naperville Community Unit School District 203, Naperville, Illinois; to January 5, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York; to January 5, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by South Carolina Office of Information Systems, Columbia, South Carolina; to January 5, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California; to January 5, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by King and Queen County Public Schools, King and Queen Court House, Virginia; to January 5, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Tussey Mountain School District, Saxton, Pennsylvania; to January 10, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library, Cynthiana, Kentucky; to January 11, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Weskan Unified School District #242, Weskan, Kansas; to January 11, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Chickasaw Regional Library System, Ardmore, Oklahoma; to January 12, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by the Chimes School, Baltimore, Maryland; to January 19, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Dodge Memorial Library, Olive Branch, Illinois; to January 19, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Genesee Intermediate School District, Flint, Michigan; to January 25, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Center School District, Kansas City, Missouri; and to January 25, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Lac du Flambeau Public School, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau

4 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, et al., CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-2, Order, DA 00-2258 (rel. October 6, 2000); Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Naperville Community Unit School District 203 et al., CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-2, Order, DA 00-2309 (rel. October 13, 2000).

5 47 C.F.R. § 524(a).