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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 )
                                   )
Holcomb Unified School District    )    File No. SLD-122631
Holcomb, 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.  )

                                
                             order

Adopted:  February 29, 2000             Released: March 1, 2000

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     The Common Carrier Bureau has under consideration two Letters of Appeal of the
Holcomb Unified School District (Holcomb SD) of Holcomb, Kansas, filed on December 6, 1999,
and December 13, 1999, in which Holcomb SD seeks review of a funding commitment letter issued
by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company
(USAC or Administrator) on November 16, 1999.  Holcomb SD has also filed timely Letters of
Appeal with the Administrator.  For the reasons set forth below, we dismiss Holcomb SD's Letters
of Appeal to the Commission without prejudice.
2.     The Commission's rules regarding appeals of SLD decisions do not contemplate
simultaneous appeals to the Commission and the Administrator.  In this case, because Holcomb
SD has appeals pending before the Administrator, we dismiss Holcomb SD's Letter of Appeals to
the Commission without prejudice.  Once the Administrator has issued its decisions on Holcomb
SD's appeal, Holcomb SD may then appeal to the Commission if it believes such appeal is
warranted at that time.
3.     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 Letters of Appeal filed on December 6, 1999, and December 13, 1999, by Holcomb Unified
School District, Holcomb, Kansas, ARE DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Carol E. Mattey
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau