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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 )
                                   )
Hawthorn School District 73        )    File No. SLD- 171260
Hawthorn, Illinois                 )
                                   )
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 8, 2001              Released: February 9, 2001

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     This Order dismisses the Requests for Review filed by Hawthorn School District 73
(Hawthorn), Vernon Hills, Illinois, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service
Administrative Company's Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) on April 14, 2000.  The
Commission received Hawthorn's Request for Review on November 17, 2000 and December 4,
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 or SLD only upon receipt.  Because Hawthorn failed to timely
appeal the April 14, 2000 decision to either the Commission or SLD, the Requests for Review
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 Requests for Review filed November 17, 2000, and December 4, 2000, by Hawthorn
School District 73 District, Hawthorn, Illinois, ARE DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Mark G. Seifert
                              Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau