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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 )
                                   )
Antioch Unified School District    )    File No. SLD-139333
Antioch, 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:  February 15, 2001             Released:  February 16, 2001
          

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     The Accounting Policy Division (Division) has under consideration a Request for
Review filed by Antioch Unified School District (Antioch), Antioch, California, on August 21,
2000.  Antioch requests review of a decision by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the
Universal Service Administrative Company to deny Antioch's application for discounted services
under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism.  For the reasons set forth
below, we deny the Request for Review and affirm SLD's denial of Antioch's application.
2.     Under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism, eligible schools,
libraries, and consortia that include eligible schools and libraries, may apply for discounts for
eligible telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal connections.  The
Commission's rules provide that, with one limited exception for existing, binding contracts, an
eligible school, library or consortium that includes eligible schools or libraries must seek
competitive bids for all services eligible for support.  In accordance with the Commission's rules,
an applicant must file with SLD, for posting to its website, an FCC Form 470 requesting services. 
The applicant must wait 28 days before entering into an agreement with a service provider for the
requested services and submitting an FCC Form 471 requesting support for the services ordered
by the applicant. 
3.     Because Antioch checked Item 10, in Block 3 of its FCC Form 470, indicating that it
sought support only for services provided pursuant to existing, binding contracts, SLD did not
post Antioch's request for services to SLD's website.  The contracts for which Antioch seeks
support, however, do not meet either of the limited exceptions for existing, binding contracts
permitted by the Commission's rules. Antioch seeks support for tariffed services and for contracts
entered into in April and July of 1999.   Accordingly, consistent with prior Bureau decisions, SLD
correctly denied Antioch's requests for support.  The Division, therefore, denies Antioch's
Request for Review.
4.        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 appeal filed by Antioch Unified School District, Antioch, California, on August
21, 2000, IS DENIED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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