Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, DC  20554

In the Matter of                   )
                                   )
Request for Review of the          )
Decision of the                    )
Universal Service Administrator by )
                                   )
John Curtis Christian Schools      )    File No. SLD-130829
River Ridge, Louisiana             )
                                   )
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:  December 16, 1999             Released: December 17, 1999

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal of John Curtis Christian Schools, River
Ridge, Louisiana, that was received by the Commission on September 17, 1999, which seeks
review of a decision issued on August 10, 1999, by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of
the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC or Administrator).  Under section 54.720
of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  54.720, 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.  47 C.F.R.  1.7.  Because the instant Letter of Appeal
was not filed within the specified 30-day period, it will be 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 September 17, 1999 by John Curtis Christian Schools IS
DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              Yog R. Varma
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau