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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 )
                                   )
Hayward Unified School District    )    File No. SLD-204395
Hayward, California                )
                                   )
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:  August 14, 2000               Released: August 15, 2000

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     In this Order, the Accounting Policy Division (Division) dismiss without prejudice
the Letter of Appeal filed by Hayward Unified School District (Hayward Unified), Hayward,
California, on May 1, 2000.  In its Letter of Appeal, Hayward Unified seeks review of a funding
commitment decision issued by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal
Service Administrative Company (Administrator) on April 20, 2000.  The Commission's rules
regarding appeals of SLD decisions do not contemplate simultaneous appeals to the Commission
and the Administrator.  In this case, because Hayward Unified has an appeal pending before the
Administrator, we dismiss Hayward Unified's Letter of Appeal to the Commission without
prejudice.  Once the Administrator has issued its decision on Hayward Unified's initial appeal,
Hayward Unified may then appeal to the Commission if it believes such appeal is warranted at
that time.
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 on May 2, 2000 by Hayward Unified School District, Hayward,
California, IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Sharon L. Webber
                              Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau