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                                                           Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                        Texas, DC  20554

In the Matter of                   )
                                   )
Request for Review of the          )
Decision of the                    )
Universal Service Administrator by )
                                   )
Clifton Independent School District     )    File No. SLD- 120507
Clifton, Texas                     )
                                   )
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:  October 6, 2000               Released: October 10, 2000

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed by Clifton Independent School District
(Clifton), Clifton, Texas, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service
Administrative Company's Schools and Libraries Division on March 31, 2000.  The Commission
received Clifton's Letter of Appeal on May 5, 2000.  Under section 54.720 of the Commission's
rules, 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. 
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 May 5, 2000, by Clifton Independent School District, Clifton,
Texas, IS DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




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