Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, DC  20554

In the Matter of                        )
                                   )
Request for Review of the          )
Decision of the                    )
Universal Service Administrator by )
                                   )
Lancaster County Public Schools    )    File No. SLD-93962
Kilmarnock, Virginia               )
                                   )
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:  October 29, 1999Released:  October 29, 1999
                                
By the Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal of the Lancaster County Public Schools of
Kilmarnock, Virginia, that was received by the Commission on August 2, 1999, which seeks
review of the Administrator's Decision on Appeal, dated June 22, 1999.  Under section 54.720 of
the Commission's rules, any such appeal must be filed within 30 days of the issuance of the
decision as to which review is sought.  Documents are considered to be filed with the
Commission only upon receipt.  Because the instant Letter of Appeal was not filed within the
specified 30-day period, it is dismissed without further consideration.
2.     ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections
0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a),
that the Letter of Appeal filed August 2, 1999 by the Lancaster County Public Schools of
Kilmarnock, Virginia, IS DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              Yog R. Varma
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau