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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC  20554

In the Matter of                   )
                                   )
Request for Review of the          )
Decision of the                    )
Universal Service Administrator by )
                                   )
Reedsville School District         )    File No. SLD-133180
Reedsville, Wisconsin              )
                                   )
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:  February 15, 2000             Released: February 16, 2000

By the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal of the Reedsville School District (Reedsville)
of Reedsville, Wisconsin, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service
Administrative Company's Schools and Libraries Division on September 21, 1999.  The
Commission received Reedsville's Letter of Appeal on November 23, 1999.  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 November 23, 1999, by Reedsville School District, Reedsville,
Wisconsin, IS DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Carol E. Mattey
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau