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                                Before the
                      Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554
                                        
In the Matter of                             )    
                                   )
Request for Review                      )
of the Decision of                      )
the Universal Service Administrator by                 )
                                   )    
Morton Memorial Schools                 )                   
Knightstown, Indiana                         )    SLD Number 69335 
                                   )
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service    )    CC Docket No. 96-45
                                   )    
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 the Morton Memorial Schools that was
received by the Commission on September 17, 1999, which seeks review of the Universal
Service Administrative Company's (USAC or Administrator) Decision on Appeal, dated August
11, 1999.  Under 47 C.F.R.  54.720, any such appeal must be filed within thirty (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 thirty (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 the Morton Memorial Schools IS
DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Yog R. Varma                       
                                   Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau