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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 )
                                   )
Kasson-Mantorville Schools         )    File No. SLD-140314
Kasson, Minnesota                  )
                                   )
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 the Letter of Appeal of the
Kasson-Mantorville Schools (Kasson-Mantorville), of Kasson, Minnesota, filed on January 10,
2000, in which Kasson-Mantorville 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 October 12, 1999.   Prior to filing its appeal with the Commission, however,
Kasson-Mantorville also filed a timely Letter of Appeal with the Administrator.  For the reasons
set forth below, we dismiss Kasson-Mantorville's Letter 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 Kasson-
Mantorville has an appeal pending before the Administrator, we dismiss Kasson-Mantorville's
Letter of Appeal to the Commission without prejudice.  Once the Administrator has issued its
decision on Kasson-Mantorville's initial appeal, Kasson-Mantorville 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 Letter of Appeal filed on January 10, 2000 by Kasson-Mantorville Schools, Kasson, Minnesota,
IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Carol E. Mattey
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau