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Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554
                                
In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
Request for Review of the           )
Decision of the                     )
Universal Service Administrator by                                   ) 
                                     )
Solomon Schechter Day School of         )                        File No. SLD-132804
Boston, Massachusetts               )                                           
                                     )
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 16, 2001             Released:  February 20, 2001 

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     The Accounting Policy Division has under consideration a Request for Review filed by
the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston (Solomon Schechter), Boston,
Massachusetts, on May 4, 2000, pursuant to 47 C.F.R.  54.719(c).  Solomon Schechter seeks
review of a decision of the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service
Administrative Company, denying in part Solomon Schechter's request for funding of internal
connection services.  For the reasons discussed below, we grant the appeal in part and remand to
SLD for further consideration.
2.     Solomon Schechter requests review of a decision by SLD to reduce the amount of
Solomon Schechter's funding request because SLD concluded that components of the request
included elements of an ineligible Wide Area Network (WAN).  Under our rules and program
precedent, certain components with WAN applications, however, may be eligible depending on
the nature of their use.  It is unclear to what extent, if any, SLD examined the intended use of the
components at issue.  For example, in its Request for Review, Solomon Schechter indicates that
the proposed connection would be via another building that is apparently part of the same school. 
Connections between multiple instructional buildings that comprise a single school would
generally be considered internal connections rather than part of a WAN.  Nothing in the record
before us indicates whether the other building is an instructional building comprising part of the
same school.  Accordingly, we shall remand to SLD for further consideration.
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 appeal filed by the Solomon Schechter School of Greater Boston, Boston, Massachusetts,
on May 4, 2000 IS GRANTED to the extent provided herein.  We direct the Schools and
Libraries Division to review Solomon Schechter's funding application and, if warranted, to issue a
revised Funding Commitment Decision Letter in accordance with the above-stated decision.

                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                    
                    Katherine L. Schroder
                    Chief, Accounting Policy Division
                    Common Carrier Bureau